Last Name BESSENT

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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, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 30,614 (2000 US census) 30,747 (1990 US census)
Count 719 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 72.46%, or 521 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 22.81%, or 164 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.53%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.64%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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