Billet is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Billet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: We meet this name in many regions, but in the Vendee and in the North it is the most widespread. Also found in the North and the Billiet Billiez variants, and other potential areas matronymic Billiette (89, 77) and billet (70, 52, 10). The merger with ball (= piece of wood) is possible, but doubtful. Other interesting hypotheses, one may first think of a diminutive of the Christian name Robert (Robert & GT; Robillet & GT; ticket). To be considered as a diminutive named person of Germanic origin Billoux.

Billet can be a corruption of the great baronial name Belet. It would rather seem to be a diminutive of Bill for William. Belet, without a doubt is a corruption of Bellot, a diminutive of Bel for Isabella.

How popular is Billet?

Billet is common in France.

Billet is ranked 53117 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Billets plummeted by 8.026756 per cent to 825 since 2000 and slipped by 3054 spots and ranked at 28829. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.12 97.32
Others 1.45 1
Hispanic or Latino 1.09 1.11
Black 0.97 0
Billet is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 8877 people have been found who wears Billet as their family name. Billet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
3,340 Jamaica3
1,500,361 India2
960 Saint Lucia2
21,929 Algeria2
11,224 Cameroon2
18,625 Japan2
31,584 Peru1
12,745 Luxembourg1
4,249 Cambodia1
17,768 Pakistan1
6,820 Angola1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
31,207 Ireland1
7,292 Vietnam1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
53,505 Turkey1
7,895 South Korea1
36,678 Singapore1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
49,393 Netherlands35
64,073 Australia28
42,407 Sweden22
81,586 Spain17
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,775 Israel82
47,891 England81
72,056 Italy78
42,464 Canada75
57,588 Argentina75
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Billet:
30,808 United States958
16,034 South Africa384
4,853 Belgium364
43,536 Germany235
69,781 Brazil127
Countries with thousands of Billet:
978 France6,160
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Harriet Billet was 53 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 5, 1849. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Yorkshire from Liverpool. John Billet, aged 30, Lydia Billet (22) Immigrant, Francis Billet (14) Yeoman, William Billet (Born at sea) Infant, are others that migrated to US.

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Billet is a family name, a diminutive ball of destiny piece of wood has to be put in planchesce nickname means a carpenter.

Billet Namesakes

  • Bénédicte Billet, Dancer
  • Bénédicte Billet, Dancer
  • Geneviève Billette, Writer
  • Geneviève Billette, Writer
  • Geneviève Billette, Writer
  • Raphaële Billetdoux, Novelist
  • Stéphane Billette, Politician
  • Jann Billeter, Television presenter
  • Marie-José Billet, Actor
  • Raphaële Billetdoux, Novelist

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