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    The surname Bessler

    A surname, carried by 1,263 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B246

    Bessler: #20,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bessler #20,871, 1,263 people Bessler: #20,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bessler #20,871, 1,263 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bessler is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,263 people named Bessler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,454 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,112.

    #20,871
    rank among US surnames
    1,263
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,804)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,864Cadieux1,264244,261
    #20,871Gauntt1,263244,454

    Who is named Bessler

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

    95% of people named Bessler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bessler

    Bessler has the Soundex code B246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B246.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bessler?
    1,263 people in the United States had the surname Bessler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,454 Americans. It ranked 20,871st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bessler?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bessler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bessler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,263 in 2010, up 14%.