Sessions Surname

44,932nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sessions Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Soissons, a district in France.

Sessions Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,0641:36,0154,481
England8621:64,6387,541
Australia3961:68,1718,115
Canada771:478,51441,057
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Wales81:386,81619,671
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Guam11:160,1214,893
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4251:57,3546,768
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8401:27,2933,352

Sessions (32) may also be a first name.

Sessions Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Soissons, a district in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A possible corruption of Soissons, the French town.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Sissons and Sisson; from Soissons, a town of France, dep. Aisne. Lower however derives Sisson, Sissons from Siston, a parish co. Gloucester. Sizun is the name of a town of France, dep. Finistère.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Sessions Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sessions occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sessions? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 44,932nd most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 630,738 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Sessions live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held forename in the world, held by 32 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 10,064 people, or 1 in 36,015. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and Utah, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname is found in 33 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Sessions Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sessions has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sessions surname grew 547 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 203 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 114 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sessions Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sessions last name are 20.93% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.7% registered with the party.

The amount Sessions earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 111.44% more than the national average, earning R 502,452 per year; in United States they earn 2.75% less than the national average, earning $41,961 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.4% less than the national average, earning $48,988 CAD per year.

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