Misson

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/mɪssən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Misson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Probably from a derivative of Old English mos (“moss; marsh, swamp”).

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 342K(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium1 in 23K
  • UYUruguay1 in 71K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

516 people

Sources
49 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Probably from a derivative of Old English mos (“moss; marsh, swamp”).

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Misson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Misson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil5161 in 410K516Misson49
BE Belgium5001 in 23K500Misson7
US United States1741 in 1.9M192Misson19
AR Argentina1331 in 342K133Misson28
UY Uruguay481 in 71K48Misson8
SI Slovenia221 in 96K22—1

516 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Misson is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bangla surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh

    Also written মিসন, মিসনু

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Maximilien Misson, b. 1650Josef Misson, b. 1803Emile Misson, b. 1885C. Misson, b. 1905Tom Misson, b. 1930Frank Misson, b. 1938Claude Misson, b. 1947Andrej Misson, b. 1960

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Misson
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—516#16,615
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008500#3,027
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—462#3,368
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020192#100,469
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010174#103,181
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000159#104,257
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—133—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—48—
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—22#12,843
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Misson mean, and where does it come from?
Probably from a derivative of Old English mos (“moss; marsh, swamp”). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Misson?
A machine transcription gives /mɪssən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Misson have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 516 people named Misson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled misson.
Where is Misson most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Misson is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 23 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Misson?
In Brazil, the national register counted 516 people named Misson, about 1 in 410 thousand residents.

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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, “Misson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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