# Bissell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bissell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,039 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,701 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,271 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (4,972 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Boshell |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bissell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bissell in the United States.

## People named Bissell

- Whit Bissell, American actor (1909–1996)
- William Henry Bissell, American politician (1811–1860)
- Wilson S. Bissell, American politician (1847–1903)
- Tom Bissell, American journalist
- Anna Sutherland Bissell, American businesswoman

## Similar surnames

Bussell, Bizzell, Beisel, Boswell, Buswell, Bushell, Beasley, Buckley, Bagley, Bigelow, Bagwell, Begley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.