Find out how popular the last name Brisson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Brisson.

Brisson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Brisson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Brisson in America

Brisson is the 9865th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Brisson surname appeared 3,279 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Brisson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Brisson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Brisson

The surname Brisson originated in France, where it can be traced back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old French word "brison," which means "a piece of wood," and is likely an occupational name for someone who worked with wood or lived near a wooded area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is found in the Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Redon, a medieval manuscript from Brittany, France, dating back to the 13th century. This document mentions a person named Guillelmus Brisson in the year 1240.

Brisson is also a place name in the Côte-d'Or region of France, and some bearers of the surname may have originated from or been associated with this location. Historical records from the 14th century show variations in the spelling, such as Brysson and Bryssoun.

Notable individuals with the surname Brisson include Barnabé Brisson (1531-1591), a French jurist and scholar who served as the President of the Parlement of Paris. Another prominent figure was Mathurin-Jacques Brisson (1723-1806), a French naturalist and zoologist who published several works on ornithology and quadrupeds.

In the 18th century, Pierre-Edouard Brisson (1738-1828) was a French dramatist and librettist who wrote several plays and operas. François-Pierre-Hippolyte Brisson (1806-1887) was a 19th-century French lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Justice and Public Instruction.

Eugène-Henri Brisson (1835-1912) was a French statesman and Prime Minister of France from 1885 to 1886 and again from 1898 to 1905. He was known for his efforts to strengthen the parliamentary system and improve relations between France and other European powers.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Brisson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Brisson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Brisson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Brisson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Brisson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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