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In all the world, Comte (Conte , Comte , コント) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very seldom female forename. The first name Comte is characteristic of Italy, where it is quite a rare male name, Guinea, where it is a rare male name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Predominantly, Comte is the last name as well as the forename.
Comte is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Comte de Rochefort , the character from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers; Comte de Wardes , the character from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers; Comte de Montcornet , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Comte des Lupeaulx , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine and Comte de Kergarouët , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine, and in many other works.