How common is the surname Cissell?

2,023 people in the United States had the surname Cissell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,618 Americans. It ranked 14,695th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cissell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,023 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Cissell

A surname, carried by 2,023 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). Cissell is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,023 people named Cissell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,618 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,953.

#14,695

rank among US surnames

2,023

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,134)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,686	Booze	2,025	152,467
#14,691	Rosemond	2,024	152,542
#14,695	Cissell	2,023	152,618
#14,704	Grout	2,022	152,693

Who is named Cissell

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

94% of people named Cissell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cissell

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

Questions

How common is the surname Cissell?: 2,023 people in the United States had the surname Cissell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,618 Americans. It ranked 14,695th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cissell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cissell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cissell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,023 in 2010, up 3.6%.