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

The Descombes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 115 people carried this name — #144,141 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 121 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,192 people named Descombes.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Rhône 319
Saône-et-Loire 159
Gironde 107
Haute-Savoie 105
Drôme 73
Ain 51
Paris 50
Isère 43

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

172 people named Descombes live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 44
Geneva 43
Neuchâtel 29
Fribourg 18
Zurich 16
Bern 8
Valais 7
Solothurn 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Descombes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jeanne Descombes
    Jeanne Descombes 1870–1966 · photographer
  • Pierre Combet-Descombes
    Pierre Combet-Descombes 1885–1966 · painter
  • Colette Descombes
    Colette Descombes 1943– · actor
  • Paul Descombes 1845–1924 · engineer
  • Albert Dujarric-Descombes 1848–1926 · notary
  • Roger Descombes 1915–1979 · artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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