The Bisset Family Name

Long before computers fixed spellings, Bisset and Bissett were used side by side. In origin, the name means “The little brown or dark-complexioned man”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• About 677 people in the United States were recorded as Bisset in 2010, placing it 33,645 on the national list. 127 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Bisset name at birth.
• Without the “t” of Bissett, Bisset is a simpler written form of the same name.

Bisset coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Bissett surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Bisset report, with a museum-style coat of arms.