Last Name BESSANT

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Meaning Local: Of Byzantium. A bisaunt, bezant, or bizantine was an old coin in gold and silver, and so called from having been minted at Byzantium. The silver bezant passed current for thereabouts. As almost every coin has its representativ in our nomenclature, so may this one. More probably, however, like Turk and Saracen, it is local denoting an immigrant from Byzantium.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 62,396 (2000 US census)
Count 300 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 51%, or 153 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 44.33%, or 133 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2%, or 6 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.33%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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