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bissen Name Meaning and History

  1. German: habitational name from either of the places so named, one near Oldenburg, another in Rhineland.
  2. Danish: altered form of the German surname Bisping.

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Distribution of bissen Families in the US in 1920
Number of bissen families
 7-11
 3-6
 1-2
 0
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