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

The Tissot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 295 people carried this name — #66,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 303 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,005 people named Tissot.

107 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 107
Haute-Savoie 648
Jura 382
Doubs 374
Loire 344
Paris 289
Rhône 264
Ain 222
Savoie 204

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

679 people named Tissot live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 244
Fribourg 131
Geneva 105
Neuchâtel 86
Bern 35
Valais 20
Zurich 20
Jura 14

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 151 people named Tissot 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 54
Córdoba 38
San Luis 18
Chubut 17
City of Buenos Aires 14
Río Negro 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 48 people named Tissot 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 Namur.

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

Where they live today

Namur 40
Liège 8

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Tissot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel-Auguste Tissot
    Samuel-Auguste Tissot 1728–1797 · physician
  • Clément Joseph Tissot
    Clément Joseph Tissot 1747–1826 · physician
  • Clément Joseph Tissot
    Clément Joseph Tissot 1750–1826 · physician
  • Pierre François Tissot
    Pierre François Tissot 1768–1854 · writer
  • Johann Jakob Tissot 1690–1714 · apothecary
  • Joseph Xavier Tissot 1780–1864 · religious

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Tissot.

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