# Cassell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cassell/  
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 | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,587 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,676 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,694 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (7,280 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and Irish surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself from Late Latin castellum. * Also as an English surname, variant of Castle. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened/Anglicized from Ó Caisile, variant of Ó Caiside, see Cassidy. * As a German surname, variant of Kassel.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cassell 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cassell in the United States and France.

## People named Cassell

- Sam Cassell, American basketball coach and former player
- Ollan Cassell, American sprinter
- Justine Cassell, American linguist, professor and human-computer interaction researcher

## Similar surnames

Cassel, 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.