Bissmire Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Bissmire Surname Definition:

(English) an undesirable nickname. [Middle English bis(e)mare, bismere, ‘a shameless person,’ prim. meaning ‘infamy', ‘insult', 'reproach' (M. Scot, ‘a bawd’); O.E, bismer, bysmer, ‘insult', ‘disgrace'] Of chidynge and of chalangynge Was his chief liflode, With bakbitynge and bismere.

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Bissmire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1141:488,75531,416
Wales1101:28,1322,887
Australia291:930,88655,860
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071

Bissmire Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) an undesirable nickname. [Middle English bis(e)mare, bismere, ‘a shameless person,’ prim. meaning ‘infamy', ‘insult', 'reproach' (M. Scot, ‘a bawd’); O.E, bismer, bysmer, ‘insult', ‘disgrace'] Of chidynge and of chalangynge Was his chief liflode, With bakbitynge and bismere.

Piers Plowman, 2649-51.

She was as digne [repellent] as water in a dich, As ful of hoker [abuse], and of bisemare.

Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 3964-5.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Flemish, Pessemier; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bissmire Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bissmire Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bissmire occurs most in England. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bissmire? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bissmire is the 973,426th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Bissmire are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 488,755. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 36 percent are found, Essex, where 17 percent are found and Hertfordshire, where 9 percent are found. Other than England Bissmire is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 41 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Bissmire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bissmire has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Bissmire surname expanded 308 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bismire9343/
Boismire881/
Bissmier880/
Bismir867/
Bismere802/
Bismitr801/
Besmire800/
Boismier75426/
Boismare7567/
Boismeir759/
Wishmire759/
Bizzmire751/
Bessmere750/
Besmir718/
Bizmir715/
Bismer711/
Wischmire710/
Bieszmier710/
Bessmer67228/
Bihsmer67107/
Besmier6746/
Vissmer6743/
Beismer6714/
Biesmer6713/
Boismer679/
Wischmeire672/
Weissmerer671/
Wismere671/
Bexmire670/
Wicmire670/

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