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    The surname Asselin

    A surname, carried by 1,711 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A245

    Asselin: #16,720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Asselin #16,720, 1,711 people Asselin: #16,720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Asselin #16,720, 1,711 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Asselin is more common than 89.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,711 people named Asselin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,447 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,689.

    #16,720
    rank among US surnames
    1,711
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,825)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,716Rasor1,712180,342
    #16,720Deeb1,711180,447
    #16,728Rivenbark1,710180,553

    Who is named Asselin

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

    96% of people named Asselin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Asselins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Josh Asselin
      American basketball player, born 1978

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Asselin

    Asselin has the Soundex code A245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A245.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Asselin?
    1,711 people in the United States had the surname Asselin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,447 Americans. It ranked 16,720th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Asselin?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Asselin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Asselin?
    Josh Asselin, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Asselin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Asselin in the Dominican Republic.
    Is the surname Asselin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,711 in 2010, up 1.3%.