The Bise surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,526 people carried this name — #18,227 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,458 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
348 people named Bise live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 128 people named Bise.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Bise,
with a public archive behind them.
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Modeste Bise 1829–1907 · politician
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Marguerite Bise 1898–1965 · chef
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Juliette Bise 1922–2011 · singer
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Inès Clouzot 1925–2011
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Francois Bise 1928–1984 · restaurateur
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Emil Bise 2000– · poker player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bise.
- Birr 981 · U.S. census
- Birrer 277 · U.S. census
- Bis 358 · U.S. census
- Bisbal 157 · U.S. census
- Bisch 513 · U.S. census
- Bischoff 6,897 · U.S. census
- Bisel 673 · U.S. census
- Bisenius 204 · U.S. census
- Bishop 116,618 · U.S. census
- Bisi 190 · U.S. census
- Bisogno 310 · U.S. census
- Bissel 182 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bise is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.