The Octave surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 358 people carried this name — #56,972 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 54% from 232 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 181 people named Octave.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Martinique.
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 81 people named Octave 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 Luxembourg Province.
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.
Who carried it
People named Octave,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Octave 1942– · journalist
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Henri Octave 1960– · politician
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Kodak Black 1997– · songwriter
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Octave.
- Obry 143 · U.S. census
- Ocana 2,064 · U.S. census
- Occhipinti 1,290 · U.S. census
- Ochoa 78,677 · U.S. census
- Ochs 5,901 · U.S. census
- Ochsenbein 181 · U.S. census
- Oddo 2,663 · U.S. census
- Ode 524 · U.S. census
- Oden 8,240 · U.S. census
- Odie 236 · U.S. census
- Odin 205 · U.S. census
- Odon 231 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Octave is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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