The Bresson surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 444 people carried this name — #47,706 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 16% from 530 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,509 people named Bresson.
77 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Haute-Saône.
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
30 people named Bresson live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bresson.
- Bresch 212 · U.S. census
- Brescia 1,636 · U.S. census
- Bresciani 247 · U.S. census
- Bresler 815 · U.S. census
- Bressan 259 · U.S. census
- Bresse 113 · U.S. census
- Brest 441 · U.S. census
- Bret 132 · U.S. census
- Bretey 115 · U.S. census
- Breton 4,322 · U.S. census
- Brett 5,482 · U.S. census
- Bretton 261 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bresson is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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