How common is the surname Kassel?

1,278 people in the United States had the surname Kassel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. It ranked 20,697th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kassel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kassel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Kassel most common?

Wikidata records people named Kassel in Algeria.

Is the surname Kassel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,278 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Kassel

A surname, carried by 1,278 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kassel is more common than 87.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,278 people named Kassel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,262.

#20,697

rank among US surnames

1,278

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,752)

Who is named Kassel

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

93% of people named Kassel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kassels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nabil Kassel
Algerian boxer, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kassel

Kassel has the Soundex code K240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K240.

Questions

How common is the surname Kassel?: 1,278 people in the United States had the surname Kassel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. It ranked 20,697th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kassel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kassel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kassel?: Nabil Kassel, Algerian boxer.
Where is the surname Kassel most common?: Wikidata records people named Kassel in Algeria.
Is the surname Kassel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,278 in 2010, up 1.3%.