The Cisse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,873 people carried this name — #15,606 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 159% from 724 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,076 people named Cisse.
Most of them — 622 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Sarthe.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 752 people named Cisse 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
284 people named Cisse live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 45 people named Cisse 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
50 people named Cisse is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Cisse in American newspapers,
1875–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,248 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cisse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Moustapha Cisse Lo 1954– · politician -
Mamadou Cisse 1960– · visual artist
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Celine Cisse-Martinelli 1975– · visual artist
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Aminata Cisse 1978– · basketball player
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Mamadou Cisse 1979– · basketball player
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Ousmane Cisse 1986– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 21 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cisse.
- Cipolla 2,658 · U.S. census
- Cipres 405 · U.S. census
- Cipriani 1,830 · U.S. census
- Cipriano 4,569 · U.S. census
- Cirelli 1,038 · U.S. census
- Cirillo 3,692 · U.S. census
- Ciszak 128 · U.S. census
- Ciszewski 659 · U.S. census
- Citron 978 · U.S. census
- Citti 145 · U.S. census
- Ciucci 281 · U.S. census
- Civil 970 · U.S. census
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