The Poissant surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 653 people carried this name — #34,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (651).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Poissant surname
Borrowed from French Poissant. This surname is mostly found in Canada.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Poissant» (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 114 people named Poissant.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Somme.
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 Poissant,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thibault Poissant 1605–1668 · architect
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Maurice Poissant 1883–1969 · politician
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Didier Poissant 1923–2021 · sailor
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Charles-Albert Poissant 1925–2011 · businessperson
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Christian Poissant 1945– · politician
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Pierre Poissant 1950– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Poissant.
- Pointe 110 · U.S. census
- Poire 226 · U.S. census
- Poirier 9,453 · U.S. census
- Poirot 402 · U.S. census
- Poiroux 134 · U.S. census
- Poirrier 645 · U.S. census
- Poisson 1,822 · U.S. census
- Poitier 526 · U.S. census
- Pokorski 492 · U.S. census
- Pol 1,312 · U.S. census
- Polack 643 · U.S. census
- Polak 3,313 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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