Where Does the Cumpton Surname Come From?

Behind the Cumpton surname stands Compton, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Name scholars give the meaning as “Valley farmstead”. Cumpton writes “u” in place of the “o” found in Compton, a common scribal difference. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Comton.

The 2010 US Census counted 639 people named Cumpton, ranking it number 35,246 among American surnames.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Compton surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Research your Cumpton family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.