The Sessa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,786 people carried this name — #16,179 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,746 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 549 people named Sessa 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 152 people named Sessa.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Vosges.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
124 people named Sessa live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Sessa in American newspapers,
1873–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,291 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sessa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Sessa 1535–1602 · politician -
Giovanni Battista Sessa d. 1602 · printer
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Emilio Sessa d. 1990 · painter
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Paolo Sessa 1370–1450 · legal counselor
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Paolo Sessa 1400–1470 · military personnel
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Giovan Battista Sessa 1450–1505 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sessa.
When the index is not enough
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