How common is the surname Hassel?

1,811 people in the United States had the surname Hassel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,483 Americans. It ranked 16,022nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hassel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,811 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Hassel

A surname, carried by 1,811 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hassel is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, from has (“marsh”) + archaic loh (“forest clearing”). * As a Swedish surname, from hassel (“hazel”). * As a Belgian surname, from Hasselt in Flanders.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,811 people named Hassel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,483 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,821.

#16,022

rank among US surnames

1,811

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,912)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,018	Provencio	1,812	170,389
#16,022	Grayer	1,811	170,483
#16,025	Coryell	1,810	170,578
#16,031	Buda	1,809	170,672

Who is named Hassel

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

82% of people named Hassel identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.3%

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 Hassel

Hassel has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

Questions

Where does the surname Hassel come from?: * As a German surname, from has (“marsh”) + archaic loh (“forest clearing”). * As a Swedish surname, from hassel (“hazel”). * As a Belgian surname, from Hasselt in Flanders.
How common is the surname Hassel?: 1,811 people in the United States had the surname Hassel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,483 Americans. It ranked 16,022nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hassel?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hassel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hassel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,811 in 2010, down 0.5%.