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The Lecomte surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 752 people carried this name — #29,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 14,457 people named Lecomte.

137 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Nord.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 137
Nord 1,359
Paris 1,342
Seine-Maritime 759
Vosges 704
Eure-et-Loir 685
Pas-de-Calais 682
Sarthe 628
Yvelines 476

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 2,899 people named Lecomte 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.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 1,301
Namur 404
Liège 371
Luxembourg Province 289
Brussels-Capital 170
West Flanders 122
Walloon Brabant 121
Flemish Brabant 53

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

169 people named Lecomte live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 50
Bern 38
Geneva 25
Neuchâtel 15
Valais 14
Fribourg 11
Zurich 5
Jura 4

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

Lecomte in American newspapers,
1846–1956.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-Rico carrying the name Lecomte
Gazeta De Puerto-Rico 1846-06-16
Newspaper page from Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser carrying the name Lecomte
Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser 1856-05-01
Newspaper page from The Manitowoc Pilot carrying the name Lecomte
The Manitowoc Pilot 1895-01-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,625 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lecomte,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marguerite Le Comte
    Marguerite Le Comte 1717–1800 · painter
  • Félix Lecomte
    Félix Lecomte 1737–1817 · sculptor
  • Jacques Quentin Tronsson-Lecomte
    Jacques Quentin Tronsson-Lecomte 1749–1836 · politician
  • Eugène Lecomte
    Eugène Lecomte 1803–1883 · politician
  • Charles Lecomte
    Charles Lecomte 1805–1900 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 231 lives in all are documented under this name.

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