How common is the surname Ansell?

2,132 people in the United States had the surname Ansell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. It ranked 14,096th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ansell?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ansell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ansell?

Dexter Sol Ansell, British child actor, followed by Nicolas Ansell.

Where is the surname Ansell most common?

Wikidata records people named Ansell in Australia.

Is the surname Ansell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,132 in 2010, up 9.6%.

The surname Ansell

A surname, carried by 2,132 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ansell is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,132 people named Ansell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,945.

#14,096

rank among US surnames

2,132

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,168)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,090	Cumbie	2,134	144,679
#14,093	Cull	2,133	144,747
#14,096	Vanpatten	2,132	144,815
#14,105	Heeter	2,131	144,883

Who is named Ansell

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Ansell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ansells

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dexter Sol Ansell
British child actor, born 2014
Nicolas Ansell
Australian association football player, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ansell

Ansell has the Soundex code A524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A524.

Questions

How common is the surname Ansell?: 2,132 people in the United States had the surname Ansell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. It ranked 14,096th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ansell?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ansell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ansell?: Dexter Sol Ansell, British child actor, followed by Nicolas Ansell.
Where is the surname Ansell most common?: Wikidata records people named Ansell in Australia.
Is the surname Ansell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,132 in 2010, up 9.6%.