The Combe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 755 people carried this name — #30,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 723 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Combe surname
From Old English cumb.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Combe» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,891 people named Combe.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
127 people named Combe live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 66 people named Combe live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Combe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Camilla Eugenia Combe d. 1929
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Gillian Hancock d. 1973
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Cecilia Combe d. 1945
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Florence Amy Lambert d. 1951
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Esther Fanny Hollway d. 1908
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Jacques Combe d. 1993 · translator
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Combe.
- Colucci 4,031 · U.S. census
- Colussi 170 · U.S. census
- Coma 217 · U.S. census
- Coman 1,221 · U.S. census
- Comas 1,172 · U.S. census
- Comba 156 · U.S. census
- Combel 103 · U.S. census
- Combes 1,185 · U.S. census
- Combis 108 · U.S. census
- Combo 180 · U.S. census
- Comby 136 · U.S. census
- Come 207 · U.S. census
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