The Lacombe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,524 people carried this name — #7,363 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,253 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lacombe surname
The city in Alberta is named after Albert Lacombe, a French Roman Catholic missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lacombe» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,209 people named Lacombe.
133 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Aveyron.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 351 people named Lacombe 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 Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
98 people named Lacombe live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Lacombe 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 West Flanders.
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 print
Lacombe in American newspapers,
1906–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,266 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lacombe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Pierre Lacombe-Saint-Michel 1753–1812 · military personnel -
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Lacombe 1760–1794 · school teacher -
Marc Lacombe d. 1967 · Corps of bridges, waters and forests
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Jacques Lacombe 1724–1811 · writer
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Honoré Lacombe de Prezel 1725–1795 · jurist
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François Lacombe 1726–1795 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lacombe.
- Lach 2,515 · U.S. census
- Lachapelle 2,808 · U.S. census
- Lachat 321 · U.S. census
- Lacher 1,744 · U.S. census
- Lachmann 212 · U.S. census
- Lack 2,661 · U.S. census
- Lacome 125 · U.S. census
- Lacore 203 · U.S. census
- Lacorte 954 · U.S. census
- Lacosse 479 · U.S. census
- Lacoste 2,430 · U.S. census
- Lacour 3,822 · U.S. census
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