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The surname Bissonnette

A French surname, carried by 2,475 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B253

Bissonnette: #12,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bissonnette #12,520, 2,475 people Bissonnette: #12,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bissonnette #12,520, 2,475 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bissonnette is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Bissonnette.

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 2,475 people named Bissonnette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,358.

#12,520
rank among US surnames
2,475
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+5%
change since 2000 (was #12,133)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,514Freire2,477124,645
#12,519Ratzlaff2,476124,695
#12,520Dampier2,475124,746
#12,525Mendivil2,474124,796

Who is named Bissonnette

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

95% of people named Bissonnette identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bissonnette

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

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bissonnette come from?
From French Bissonnette.
How common is the surname Bissonnette?
2,475 people in the United States had the surname Bissonnette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. It ranked 12,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bissonnette?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bissonnette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bissonnette getting more or less common?
More common. 2,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,475 in 2010, up 5.0%.