The Bessard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 362 people carried this name — #56,444 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 342 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 879 people named Bessard.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
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
201 people named Bessard live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bessard.
- Berzin 126 · U.S. census
- Besancon 510 · U.S. census
- Besch 1,054 · U.S. census
- Bescher 100 · U.S. census
- Besozzi 109 · U.S. census
- Bessa 253 · U.S. census
- Besse 1,497 · U.S. census
- Bessette 4,469 · U.S. census
- Bessey 1,607 · U.S. census
- Besson 859 · U.S. census
- Best 37,923 · U.S. census
- Bet 175 · U.S. census
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