Besse surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Besse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,497 people carried this name — #18,474 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,455 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 6,365 people named Besse.

79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Corrèze.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 79
Corrèze 881
Dordogne 785
Paris 609
Haute-Vienne 521
Cantal 367
Charente 290
Puy-de-Dôme 240
Gironde 235

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

775 people named Besse live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 462
Vaud 148
Geneva 76
Fribourg 21
Zurich 17
Lucerne 17
Bern 10
St. Gallen 7

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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 106 people named Besse live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 68
Mendoza 23
City of Buenos Aires 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Besse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolas de Besse
    Nicolas de Besse 1320–1369 · Catholic priest
  • Jacques Joseph Besse
    Jacques Joseph Besse 1747–1821 · politician
  • Pierre de Besse 1567–1639 · writer
  • Guillaume Besse 1610–1680 · writer
  • Isaac Besse 1652–1725
  • Joseph Besse 1683–1757 · theologian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Besse.

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