How common is the surname Bissell?

5,039 people in the United States had the surname Bissell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. It ranked 6,701st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bissell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bissell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bissell?

Whit Bissell, American actor (1909–1996), followed by William Henry Bissell.

Where is the surname Bissell most common?

Wikidata records people named Bissell in the United States.

Is the surname Bissell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,039 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Bissell

A surname, carried by 5,039 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bissell is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,039 people named Bissell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,972.

#6,701

rank among US surnames

5,039

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,308)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,697	Pagel	5,043	61,223
#6,699	Bodine	5,042	61,235
#6,700	Hickerson	5,041	61,247
#6,701	Messner	5,039	61,271
#6,704	Dyke	5,037	61,296

Who is named Bissell

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

94% of people named Bissell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bissells

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Whit Bissell
American actor (1909–1996)
William Henry Bissell
American politician (1811–1860)
Wilson S. Bissell
American politician (1847–1903)
Tom Bissell
American journalist, born 1974
Anna Sutherland Bissell
American businesswoman, 1846–1934

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Boshell

Surnames that sound like Bissell

Bissell has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

Questions

How common is the surname Bissell?: 5,039 people in the United States had the surname Bissell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. It ranked 6,701st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bissell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bissell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bissell?: Whit Bissell, American actor (1909–1996), followed by William Henry Bissell.
Where is the surname Bissell most common?: Wikidata records people named Bissell in the United States.
Is the surname Bissell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,039 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Bissell?: Boshell.