Pelissier surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pelissier surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 560 people carried this name — #37,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,261 people named Pelissier.

79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Tarn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 79
Tarn 295
Bouches-du-Rhône 293
Paris 258
Haute-Garonne 253
Puy-de-Dôme 232
Var 226
Haute-Loire 187
Corrèze 149

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Pelissier live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 16
Geneva 5
Neuchâtel 5
Fribourg 3

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Pelissier 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.

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