How common is the surname Kissell?

2,322 people in the United States had the surname Kissell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. It ranked 13,166th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kissell?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kissell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kissell?

Larry Kissell, American politician.

Where is the surname Kissell most common?

Wikidata records people named Kissell in the United States.

Is the surname Kissell getting more or less common?

More common. 2,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,322 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Kissell

A surname, carried by 2,322 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). Kissell is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,322 people named Kissell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,005.

#13,166

rank among US surnames

2,322

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+15.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,830)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,158	Cannella	2,325	132,794
#13,160	Neuhaus	2,324	132,851
#13,165	Pettyjohn	2,323	132,908
#13,166	Ziemer	2,322	132,965
#13,171	Tedeschi	2,321	133,023

Who is named Kissell

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

96% of people named Kissell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kissells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Kissell
American politician, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kissell

Kissell 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 Kissell?: 2,322 people in the United States had the surname Kissell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. It ranked 13,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kissell?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kissell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kissell?: Larry Kissell, American politician.
Where is the surname Kissell most common?: Wikidata records people named Kissell in the United States.
Is the surname Kissell getting more or less common?: More common. 2,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,322 in 2010, up 16%.