The Contant surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 292 people carried this name — #67,519 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 302 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 935 people named Contant.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Contant live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Contant,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jules Contant 1852–1920 · painter -
Alexis Contant 1858–1918 · composer -
Paul Contant 1562–1632 · writer
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Paul Contant 1562–1629 · writer
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Paul Contant 1570–1632 · writer
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Paul Contant 1570–1629 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Contant.
- Constantin 927 · U.S. census
- Constantinescu 313 · U.S. census
- Constantini 232 · U.S. census
- Constantinides 314 · U.S. census
- Constantino 5,442 · U.S. census
- Consul 193 · U.S. census
- Contardo 161 · U.S. census
- Conte 8,744 · U.S. census
- Content 260 · U.S. census
- Conter 246 · U.S. census
- Conti 10,526 · U.S. census
- Contin 137 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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