The Couture surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,222 people carried this name — #3,967 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,832 people named Couture.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 59 people named Couture 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 Hainaut.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Couture live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Couture in American newspapers,
1889–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,453 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Couture,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Couture 1815–1879 · teacher -
Léonce Couture 1832–1902 · writer -
Guillaume Couture 1851–1915 · composer -
Carol Couture 1945– · librarian -
Suzette Couture 1947– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 127 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Couture.
- Cousineau 2,175 · U.S. census
- Coussens 237 · U.S. census
- Coutant 439 · U.S. census
- Coute 119 · U.S. census
- Coutinho 656 · U.S. census
- Couto 2,848 · U.S. census
- Couturier 1,446 · U.S. census
- Couty 155 · U.S. census
- Cova 389 · U.S. census
- Covelli 1,103 · U.S. census
- Coville 754 · U.S. census
- Covin 1,012 · U.S. census
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