Brisson Family

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About the Brisson surname

The surname Brisson is associated with a patronymic formation. The surname ending is typical of a Scandinavian patronymic formation generally meaning “son of.”. The surname may originally have expressed descent before becoming fixed as a hereditary family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Bri-son/bʁisɔ̃/

Most frequent given names among the Brisson family

Men

  1. 1Joseph2,527
  2. 2René2,314
  3. 3François1,804
  4. 4Pierre1,626
  5. 5Jean1,330

Women

  1. 1Marie3,036
  2. 2Marguerite1,707
  3. 3Geneviève1,302
  4. 4Anne1,013
  5. 5Marie-Anne978
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The Brisson name in our genealogy archives

128,972occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
762 1,1511881 → 1901people enumerated
1657First mention of the name
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