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The Lecompte surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,120 people carried this name — #10,326 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,051 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,450 people named Lecompte.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Nord 288
Seine-Maritime 213
Paris 118
Ille-et-Vilaine 91
Aisne 56
Pas-de-Calais 53
Somme 46
Haute-Vienne 45

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 156 people named Lecompte 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.

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Where they live today

West Flanders 56
East Flanders 54
Hainaut 24
Flemish Brabant 10
Antwerp 6
Liège 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Lecompte in American newspapers,
1856–1874.

Newspaper page from The Leavenworth Weekly Times carrying the name Lecompte
The Leavenworth Weekly Times 1874-01-15
Newspaper page from The Leavenworth Weekly Times carrying the name Lecompte
The Leavenworth Weekly Times 1874-12-31
Newspaper page from Frederick Douglass' Paper carrying the name Lecompte
Frederick Douglass' Paper 1856-09-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,805 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lecompte,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Floresca Guépin
    Floresca Guépin 1813–1889 · founder
  • Samuel Dexter LeCompte
    Samuel Dexter LeCompte 1814–1888 · judge
  • Louis Lecompte Dupré 1654–1715 · businessperson
  • Joseph Lecompte 1797–1851 · politician
  • Édouard Lecompte 1856–1929 · historian
  • Edmond Amand Constant Lecompte 1864– · priest

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

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