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

The Comte surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 287 people carried this name — #64,750 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 5,979 people named Comte.

127 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 127
Paris 469
Ardèche 392
Doubs 327
Rhône 323
Saône-et-Loire 293
Haute-Loire 248
Isère 241
Nièvre 218

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

736 people named Comte live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where they live today

Vaud 212
Jura 159
Geneva 112
Valais 66
Bern 55
Neuchâtel 42
Fribourg 40
Zurich 19

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

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