# Poisson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/poisson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname in French

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,822 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,947 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 169,454 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (1,736 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpwɑ.sɒn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson. The noun sense is named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poisson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Pagan, Pagano, Pizano, Peckham, Pisano, Paquin, Pisani, Pecina, Paxson, Pesina, Picone, Piceno.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.