# Cassel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cassel/  
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) | 4,851 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,916 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,646 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (4,536 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Cassell. * As a German surname, variant of Kassel, related to the above. Both senses have been adapted as Swedish surnames. Compare Castel. * As a French surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself a derivative of Late Latin castellum and thus related to the above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cassel 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cassel in the United States and Germany.

## People named Cassel

- Seymour Cassel, American actor (1935–2019)
- Ernest Cassel, British businessman (1852-1921)
- Matt Cassel, American football player, quarterback
- Erik Cassel, American programmer (1967–2013)

## Similar surnames

Cassell, Casale, Casella, Cassella, Caswell, Cissell, Cashwell, Cagle, Cecil, Coakley, Cogswell, Chesley.

## 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.