Where does the surname Bissonette come from?

Bissonette is French in origin.

How common is the surname Bissonette?

1,409 people in the United States had the surname Bissonette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bissonette?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bissonette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Bissonette?

Gregg Bissonette, American drummer.

Where is the surname Bissonette most common?

Wikidata records people named Bissonette in the United States.

Is the surname Bissonette getting more or less common?

More common. 1,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Bissonette

A French surname, carried by 1,409 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bissonette is more common than 88.1% 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 1,409 people named Bissonette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,359.

#19,242

rank among US surnames

1,409

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,682)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Bissonette

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

83% of people named Bissonette identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
American Indian and Alaska Native 14%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bissonettes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gregg Bissonette
American drummer, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bissonette

Bissonnette

Bissonette has the Soundex code B253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B253.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bissonette come from?: Bissonette is French in origin.
How common is the surname Bissonette?: 1,409 people in the United States had the surname Bissonette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bissonette?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bissonette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Bissonette?: Gregg Bissonette, American drummer.
Where is the surname Bissonette most common?: Wikidata records people named Bissonette in the United States.
Is the surname Bissonette getting more or less common?: More common. 1,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 3.7%.