Compostella Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Compostella Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Compostella Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3801:160,93924,733
Switzerland361:228,13719,301
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
France231:2,887,944200,772
Austria161:532,21549,801
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

Compostella Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Compostella Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Compostella occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Compostella? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 602,749th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. The surname Compostella occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Compostella reside; 74 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent reside in Italic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 160,939. In Italy Compostella is mostly concentrated in: Veneto, where 59 percent reside, Trentino-Alto Adige, where 12 percent reside and Lombardy, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Italy this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 7 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.

Compostella Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Compostella earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.04% less than the national average, earning $40,975 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.48% more than the national average, earning $50,915 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Compostilla911/
Compotello862/
Kompatlla701/
Chompastle671/
Kompatla6310/
Zompastle6012/
Tzompastle5714/
Chompaxtle574/
Kampatla538/
Zompaztle502/
Zumpastle501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Compostella
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