Surname Spotlight: Pellissier

The Pellissier family name is well attested in modern population records.

Surname origin

We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Pellissier, the family's own records come first.

Similar names

According to the 2010 US Census, the Pellissier surname had 305 bearers. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 3,358 births in France were registered under Pellissier. Births ran at 226 in 1891–1900 and 260 in 1991–2000.

Heraldry and the Pellissier name

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Pellissier coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line.

Get the complete Pellissier report, with a museum-style coat of arms.