The Besson surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 908 people carried this name — #25,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 11,361 people named Besson.
145 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Rhône.
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
1,295 people named Besson live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 51 people named Besson live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Besson.
- Besozzi 106 · U.S. census
- Bessa 210 · U.S. census
- Bessard 342 · U.S. census
- Besse 1,455 · U.S. census
- Bessette 4,454 · U.S. census
- Bessey 1,544 · U.S. census
- Best 36,862 · U.S. census
- Bet 145 · U.S. census
- Betbeze 116 · U.S. census
- Beth 915 · U.S. census
- Bethe 190 · U.S. census
- Bethencourt 107 · U.S. census
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