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    The surname Bessette

    A French surname, carried by 4,469 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B230

    Bessette: #7,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bessette #7,457, 4,469 people Bessette: #7,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bessette #7,457, 4,469 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bessette is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,469 people named Bessette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,086 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,454.

    #7,457
    rank among US surnames
    4,469
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,944)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,450Balch4,47269,040
    #7,453Deen4,47169,055
    #7,455Dressler4,47069,071
    #7,457Bessette4,46969,086
    #7,459Swaney4,46869,102
    #7,461Shockey4,46769,117
    #7,463Herren4,46669,132

    Who is named Bessette

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Bessette identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bessettes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
      American publicist and socialite (1966–1999)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bessette

    Bessette has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bessette come from?
    Bessette is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bessette?
    4,469 people in the United States had the surname Bessette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,086 Americans. It ranked 7,457th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bessette?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bessette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Bessette?
    Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist and socialite (1966–1999).
    Where is the surname Bessette most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bessette in the United States.
    Is the surname Bessette getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,469 in 2010, up 0.3%.