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    The surname Brassell

    A French surname, carried by 1,319 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Brassell: #20,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brassell #20,201, 1,319 people Brassell: #20,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brassell #20,201, 1,319 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brassell is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,319 people named Brassell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,174.

    #20,201
    rank among US surnames
    1,319
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,898)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,192Ruppe1,320233,898
    #20,201Redington1,319234,075

    Who is named Brassell

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

    68% of people named Brassell identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • 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 Brassell

    Brassell has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brassell come from?
    Brassell is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Brassell?
    1,319 people in the United States had the surname Brassell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. It ranked 20,201st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brassell?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Brassell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brassell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,319 in 2010, up 12%.