The Tessier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,394 people carried this name — #7,563 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,107 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 9,645 people named Tessier.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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
50 people named Tessier live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Tessier in American newspapers,
1895–1900.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,591 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tessier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henri-Alexandre Tessier 1741–1837 · physician -
Jeanne Thérèse Tessier 1742–1799 -
Ulric-Joseph Tessier 1817–1892 · writer -
Marc Tessier d. 1709
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Catherine Tessier d. 1786
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Guillaume Tessier 1500–1582
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tessier.
- Terzian 858 · U.S. census
- Terzo 393 · U.S. census
- Tescher 236 · U.S. census
- Tesi 241 · U.S. census
- Tessari 127 · U.S. census
- Tessaro 251 · U.S. census
- Tesson 237 · U.S. census
- Testa 8,694 · U.S. census
- Testi 127 · U.S. census
- Teston 1,202 · U.S. census
- Testut 114 · U.S. census
- Teti 1,192 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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