How common is the surname Cassel?

4,851 people in the United States had the surname Cassel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,646 Americans. It ranked 6,916th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cassel?

Seymour Cassel, American actor (1935–2019), followed by Ernest Cassel.

Where is the surname Cassel most common?

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

Is the surname Cassel getting more or less common?

More common. 4,536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,851 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Cassel

A surname, carried by 4,851 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cassel is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,851 people named Cassel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,646 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,536.

#6,916

rank among US surnames

4,851

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,833)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,907	Eberhart	4,862	63,502
#6,908	Martí	4,860	63,528
#6,909	Swinney	4,856	63,580
#6,912	Koval	4,855	63,593
#6,913	Gasca	4,854	63,606
#6,914	Fortney	4,853	63,620
#6,915	Gwinn	4,852	63,633

Who is named Cassel

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

89% of people named Cassel identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cassels

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Seymour Cassel
American actor (1935–2019)
Ernest Cassel
British businessman (1852-1921)
Matt Cassel
American football player, quarterback, born 1982
Erik Cassel
American programmer (1967–2013)

Notable Cassels come mostly from the United States (3) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cassel

Cassel has the Soundex code C240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C240.

Questions

Where does the surname Cassel come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Cassel?: 4,851 people in the United States had the surname Cassel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,646 Americans. It ranked 6,916th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cassel?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Cassel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cassel?: Seymour Cassel, American actor (1935–2019), followed by Ernest Cassel.
Where is the surname Cassel most common?: Wikidata records people named Cassel in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Cassel getting more or less common?: More common. 4,536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,851 in 2010, up 6.9%.