The Besancon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 510 people carried this name — #42,511 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 482 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,004 people named Besancon.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Doubs.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
156 people named Besancon live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Besancon.
- Bertucci 1,840 · U.S. census
- Bertuzzi 288 · U.S. census
- Berty 124 · U.S. census
- Berube 6,067 · U.S. census
- Bery 186 · U.S. census
- Berzin 126 · U.S. census
- Besch 1,054 · U.S. census
- Bescher 100 · U.S. census
- Besozzi 109 · U.S. census
- Bessa 253 · U.S. census
- Bessard 362 · U.S. census
- Besse 1,497 · U.S. census
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