How common is the surname Dressel?

1,953 people in the United States had the surname Dressel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. It ranked 15,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dressel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dressel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dressel?

Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer.

Where is the surname Dressel most common?

Wikidata records people named Dressel in the United States.

Is the surname Dressel getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,953 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Dressel

A surname, carried by 1,953 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dressel is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,953 people named Dressel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,209.

#15,104

rank among US surnames

1,953

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-11.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,796)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,099	Schaible	1,954	158,007
#15,104	Quispe	1,953	158,088

Who is named Dressel

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

96% of people named Dressel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dressels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Caeleb Dressel
American swimmer, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dressel

Dressel has the Soundex code D624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D624.

Questions

How common is the surname Dressel?: 1,953 people in the United States had the surname Dressel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. It ranked 15,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dressel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dressel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dressel?: Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer.
Where is the surname Dressel most common?: Wikidata records people named Dressel in the United States.
Is the surname Dressel getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,953 in 2010, down 12%.