How common is the surname Brisson?

3,279 people in the United States had the surname Brisson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,158 Americans. It ranked 9,865th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Brisson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,279 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Brisson

A French surname, carried by 3,279 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brisson is more common than 93.9% 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 3,279 people named Brisson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,158 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,988.

#9,865

rank among US surnames

3,279

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,962)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,859	O'Boyle	3,281	94,101
#9,861	Decosta	3,280	94,130
#9,865	Reneau	3,279	94,158
#9,870	Biles	3,278	94,187
#9,872	Dake	3,277	94,216
#9,873	Bingaman	3,276	94,245

Who is named Brisson

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

85% of people named Brisson identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brisson

Brisson has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brisson come from?: Brisson is French in origin.
How common is the surname Brisson?: 3,279 people in the United States had the surname Brisson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,158 Americans. It ranked 9,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brisson?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Brisson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Brisson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,279 in 2010, up 9.7%.