The Bessette surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,469 people carried this name — #7,457 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,454).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 334 people named Bessette.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Corrèze.
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 print
Bessette in American newspapers,
1901–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,155 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bessette,
with a public archive behind them.
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André Bessette 1845–1937 · lay brother -
Arsène Bessette 1873–1921 · playwright -
Michel-Adrien Bessette 1827–1904 · politician
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Hélène Bessette 1918–2000 · writer
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Gérard Bessette 1920–2005 · writer
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Irene Bessette 1924– · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bessette.
- 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
- Bessey 1,607 · U.S. census
- Besson 859 · U.S. census
- Best 37,923 · U.S. census
- Bet 175 · U.S. census
- Betbeze 119 · U.S. census
- Beth 846 · U.S. census
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