Find out how popular the last name Compres is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Compres.

Compres, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Compres surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Compres in America

Compres is the 45253rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Compres surname appeared 473 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Compres.

We can also compare 2010 data for Compres to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Compres

The surname Compres originates from France, first appearing in records during the 12th century. It is believed to derive from the Old French word "compresse," which referred to a type of cloth used for dressing wounds or applying pressure to stop bleeding. This suggests the name may have been an occupational surname given to someone who worked as a cloth maker or in the medical field.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Compres can be found in a manuscript from the Abbey of Saint-Denis near Paris, dated around 1180. This document mentions a "Johannes Compres" who was a cloth merchant in the nearby village of Montmorency.

In the 13th century, the Compres name appears in several charters and land records from the Normandy region of northern France. A notable example is Guillelmus Compres, a landowner from the town of Bayeux who was born in 1215.

During the 14th century, the name spread to other parts of France, including Brittany and Aquitaine. In 1368, a man named Pierre Compres was recorded as a resident of the city of Bordeaux, where he worked as a vintner.

As the Compres name continued to disperse throughout France over the centuries, it also developed various spelling variations, such as Compresse, Compres, and Compresse. One notable figure was Jacques Compresse, a French philosopher and theologian born in Lyon in 1548. He authored several influential works on ethics and moral philosophy.

Another significant bearer of the Compres name was Marie-Anne Compres, a French noblewoman born in 1672 in the village of Beaumont-sur-Oise. She was a prominent patron of the arts and hosted many renowned artists and writers at her château during the Enlightenment period.

Other historical figures with the Compres surname include Jean-Baptiste Compres (1789-1862), a French general who served under Napoleon, and Emile Compres (1827-1891), a renowned painter and sculptor from Paris during the Romantic era.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Compres

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Compres.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Compres was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Compres has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Compres was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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