How common is the surname Kissel?

4,756 people in the United States had the surname Kissel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,917 Americans. It ranked 7,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kissel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kissel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kissel getting more or less common?

More common. 3,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,756 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Kissel

A surname, carried by 4,756 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). Kissel is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,756 people named Kissel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,917 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,867.

#7,042

rank among US surnames

4,756

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+23%

change since 2000 (was #7,933)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,035	Campuzano	4,758	64,890
#7,038	Truesdale	4,757	64,903
#7,042	Kissel	4,756	64,917
#7,044	Gandara	4,754	64,944
#7,046	Aubrey	4,753	64,958
#7,047	Wilborn	4,752	64,972
#7,048	Hooten	4,751	64,985

Who is named Kissel

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

96% of people named Kissel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kissel

Kissel 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 Kissel?: 4,756 people in the United States had the surname Kissel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,917 Americans. It ranked 7,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kissel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kissel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kissel getting more or less common?: More common. 3,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,756 in 2010, up 23%.