Last Name BISSETT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Biset. Biset could be a diminutive of an old Teutonic personal name Bis.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 12,064 (2000 US census) 12,893 (1990 US census)
Count 2,373 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.99%, or 2254 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.63%, or 15 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.59%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.88%, or 21 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.18%, or 28 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.73%, or 41 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest baby names

 We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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