The Bisset surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 677 people carried this name — #33,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 653 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bisset surname
Variant of Bissett.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bisset» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Bisset.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Ardennes.
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 Bisset,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Jarvis Bisset 1819–1894 · military officer -
Mordaunt Bisset 1825–1884 · politician -
Agnes Bisset d. 1881
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Sir John Bisset of the Aird 1220–1259
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James Bisset 1762–1832 · writer
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James Bisset 1795–1872 · Christian minister
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bisset.
- 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
- Bissey 369 · U.S. census
- Bissinger 224 · U.S. census
- Bisson 3,685 · U.S. census
- Bister 117 · U.S. census
- Biston 160 · U.S. census
- Biton 210 · U.S. census
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