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    The surname Bissette

    A French surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B230

    Bissette: #23,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bissette #23,354, 1,090 people Bissette: #23,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bissette #23,354, 1,090 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bissette is more common than 85.6% 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 1,090 people named Bissette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,000.

    #23,354
    rank among US surnames
    1,090
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,638)

    Who is named Bissette

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

    93% of people named Bissette identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bissette

    Bissette 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 Bissette come from?
    Bissette is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Bissette?
    1,090 people in the United States had the surname Bissette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bissette?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bissette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bissette getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 9.0%.