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The surname Asbell

A surname, carried by 1,836 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A214

Asbell: #15,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Asbell #15,854, 1,836 people Asbell: #15,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Asbell #15,854, 1,836 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Asbell is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,836 people named Asbell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,162 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,792.

#15,854
rank among US surnames
1,836
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+2.5%
change since 2000 (was #15,099)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,845Rizk1,837168,071
#15,854Perezlopez1,836168,162
#15,857Dority1,835168,254

Who is named Asbell

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

86% of people named Asbell identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Asbell

Asbell has the Soundex code A214, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A214.

Questions

How common is the surname Asbell?
1,836 people in the United States had the surname Asbell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,162 Americans. It ranked 15,854th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Asbell?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Asbell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Asbell getting more or less common?
More common. 1,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,836 in 2010, up 2.5%.