Lacombe Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Lacombe is one more way Combes has been written over the centuries. Its meaning, shared with Combes, is “Small valleys”. Lacombe is listed among the recognised spellings of Combes. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Combe.

About 4,524 people in the United States were recorded as Lacombe in 2010, placing it 7,363 on the national list. INSEE counts 17,678 people born in France with the Lacombe surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1951–1960. Births ran at 1,146 in 1891–1900 and 1,433 in 1991–2000.

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