Sissons Surname
Approximately 3,215 people bear this surname
Sissons Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Cecilia,' from the nick. Siss or Cess; v. Siss.
'Cesse the soutercsse Sat on the benche.' - Piers Plowman.
Johannes Sisson, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.
Robertas Cisson, 1379: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameSissons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,684 | 1:33,087 | 4,388 |
| Canada | 439 | 1:83,931 | 9,326 |
| United States | 424 | 1:854,856 | 65,098 |
| Australia | 223 | 1:121,057 | 13,326 |
| New Zealand | 168 | 1:26,954 | 4,714 |
| Thailand | 110 | 1:642,167 | 108,371 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:133,845 | 8,251 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 924 | 1:26,380 | 3,621 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 69 | 1:727,807 | 46,603 |
Sissons Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Cecilia,' from the nick. Siss or Cess; v. Siss.
'Cesse the soutercsse Sat on the benche.' - Piers Plowman.
Johannes Sisson, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.
Robertas Cisson, 1379: ibid.
Henricus Sisson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Cysson, 1379: ibid.
William Cisson, 1379: ibid.
Henry Sysson, Yorkshire: Fabric Rolls of York Minster: Wills and Inventories (Surtees Society).
Staying at the Bull Hotel, Sedbergh (West Riding of Yorks), in June, 1886, Sisson stared me in the face over a shop across the road. Sisson has taken a curious genitive form, Sissons; compare William and Williams.
Sisson’s (Son): v. Sisson2.
(English) The son of Siss, a pet form of Cecil (blind).
A pluralization of Sisson.
Sissons Demographics
Sissons Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sissons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sissons Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sissons is found most frequently in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sissons.
How Common Is The Last Name Sissons? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 139,108th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,266,733 people. Sissons occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Sissons are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in British Isles.
Sissons is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 1,684 people, or 1 in 33,087. In England it is mostly found in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 12 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 10 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Outside of England this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Sissons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sissons has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sissons surname increased 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 614 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sissons Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sissons surname is chiefly Catholic (85%) in Ireland.
In The United States Sissons are 24.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.25% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sissons earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 15.12% more than the national average, earning R 273,564 per year; in United States they earn 7.11% more than the national average, earning $46,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning $56,913 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soissons | 93 | 438 | / |
| Scissons | 93 | 402 | / |
| Seissons | 93 | 2 | / |
| Sessons | 86 | 93 | / |
| Saisons | 86 | 12 | / |
| Cissons | 86 | 1 | / |
| Seisons | 86 | 0 | / |
| Sissans | 86 | 0 | / |
| Sissoms | 86 | 0 | / |
| Sessoins | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scessons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sessonns | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sysons | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sesons | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sessoms | 71 | 5,059 | / |
| Seasons | 71 | 18 | / |
| Sessans | 71 | 2 | / |
| Saisans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sesions | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caisons | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sesuons | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sissums | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sessuns | 71 | 0 | / |
| Jessons | 71 | 0 | / |
| Seesions | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sishanse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joissans | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sessooms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sessuins | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scessoms | 67 | 0 | / |
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