Bissett
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OFr biset ‘dark’, a diminutive of bis; first attested Manasser, Ernulf Biset 1155–8 Bury (Suffolk), 1176 P (Buckinghamshire)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɪsɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bissett is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OFr biset ‘dark’, a diminutive of bis; first attested Manasser, Ernulf Biset 1155–8 Bury (Suffolk), 1176 P (Buckinghamshire)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bissett is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Of French origin, from Old French bis ‘rock dove’ with a diminutive ending. Henricus Byset is recorded before 1198.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, Manasser, Ernulf Biset 1155–8 Bury (Sf), 1176 P (Bk). OFr biset ‘dark’, a diminutive of bis. cf. BISS.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, ‘Little Biss’, from Bissell.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In Irish, A Scottish family in the Glens of Antrim, who adopted the Irish patronymic of Mac Eoin, Mac Keown. Bibl
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George Bissettb. 1887GBFootballer (1887-1946)
- Cecil Bissettb. 1908ZWZimbabwean boxer
- Ron Bissettb. 1931CACanadian basketball player (1931-2015)
- Bill Bissettb. 1939CACanadian poet (born 1939)
- Phillip D. Bissettb. 1956USAmerican politician
- Roshell Bissettb. 1968CACanadian filmmaker
- Josie Bissettb. 1970USAmerican actress
- Alan Bissettb. 1975GBScottish writer
- David Bissettb. 1979CACanadian bobsledder
- Cora Bissettb. 2000GBScottish actor, director and musician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #12,064 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #13,065 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,304 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 10 | #120,154 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 3 | #158,181 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 3 | #22,605 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 3 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2011 | 2 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 1972 | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Scottish Surnames (Ross, 1994) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bissett mean, and where does it come from?
- from OFr biset ‘dark’, a diminutive of bis; first attested Manasser, Ernulf Biset 1155–8 Bury (Suffolk), 1176 P (Buckinghamshire) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Bissett?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɪsɪt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Bissett have the most bearers?
- Bissett is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Bissett?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bissettThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bissett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.