Kompes families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica area and in Sisak. In Pustike in Velika Gorica area every second inhabitant had the family name Kompes.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Kompes live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Pustike in Velika Gorica area (40), Novo Cice (15), Zagreb (10), Velika Gorica (10), and in Donji Vukojevac in Petrinja area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kompes (including: Compes , Compeers ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Kompes " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
