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    The surname Bussell

    A surname, carried by 4,305 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B240

    Bussell: #7,713 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bussell #7,713, 4,305 people Bussell: #7,713 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bussell #7,713, 4,305 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bussell is more common than 95.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,305 people named Bussell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,718 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,100.

    #7,713
    rank among US surnames
    4,305
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,494)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,707Weisman4,30871,668
    #7,708Buller4,30771,685
    #7,710Lasley4,30671,701
    #7,713Bussell4,30571,718
    #7,714Lail4,30471,735
    #7,717Stockdale4,30171,785
    #7,720Theobald4,30071,801

    Who is named Bussell

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

    85% of people named Bussell identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bussell

    Bussell 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 Bussell?
    4,305 people in the United States had the surname Bussell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,718 Americans. It ranked 7,713th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bussell?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Bussell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bussell getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,305 in 2010, up 5.0%.
    What are other spellings of Bussell?
    Bustle.