Comet surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Comet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 151 people carried this name — #115,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 16% from 180 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 488 people named Comet.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Landes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Landes 178
Haute-Garonne 91
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 46
Gironde 37
Paris 24
Hautes-Pyrénées 15
Alpes-Maritimes 11
Bouches-du-Rhône 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 24 people named Comet 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

Buenos Aires Province 24

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

30 people named Comet is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 30

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Comet in American newspapers,
1892–1910.

Newspaper page from The Sea Coast Echo carrying the name Comet
The Sea Coast Echo 1910-03-12
Newspaper page from The Columbus Weekly Dispatch carrying the name Comet
The Columbus Weekly Dispatch 1908-11-05
Newspaper page from The Helena Independent carrying the name Comet
The Helena Independent 1892-11-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 314,439 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Comet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Comet 1915–1974
  • Georges Comet 1938–2018 · historian
  • Catherine Comet 1944– · conductor
  • Jean-Pierre Comet 1947– · politician
  • Bernard Comet 1953– · politician
  • Claude Comet 1954– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Comet.

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