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The Bressan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 259 people carried this name — #74,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 268 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bressan surname

A surname from Venetan.

Habitational surname from Venetan bressan (“of or from Brescia, Lombardy”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bressan» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,867 people named Bressan 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 1,025
Córdoba 570
Buenos Aires Province 501
Entre Ríos 277
City of Buenos Aires 149
Mendoza 115
Corrientes 59
San Luis 56

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 387 people named Bressan.

137 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 137
Meurthe-et-Moselle 30
Paris 22
Ain 17
Var 17
Gironde 13
Nord 11
Seine-et-Marne 9
Lot-et-Garonne 9

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

122 people named Bressan live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 34
Ticino 15
Vaud 10
Bern 9
Thurgau 9
Valais 8
Basel-Stadt 7
St. Gallen 6

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 print

Bressan in American newspapers,
1901–1961.

Newspaper page from The Saint Paul Globe carrying the name Bressan
The Saint Paul Globe 1901-02-05
Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Bressan
New-York Tribune 1910-12-18
Newspaper page from The Rathdrum Tribune carrying the name Bressan
The Rathdrum Tribune 1921-09-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 635 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bressan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luigi Bressan
    Luigi Bressan 1940– · archbishop
  • Renan Bressan
    Renan Bressan 1988– · association football player
  • Tiziano Bressan
    Tiziano Bressan 1994– · volleyball player
  • Gonzalo Bressan
    Gonzalo Bressan 2001– · basketball player
  • Pierre Jaillard Bressan 1663–1731 · musical instrument maker
  • Monica Bressan 1901–

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 50 lives in all are documented under this name.

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