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The surname Maisel

A surname, carried by 1,013 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maisel is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,013 people named Maisel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 988.

#24,648
rank among US surnames
1,013
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+2.5%
change since 2000 (was #23,863)

Who is named Maisel

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

91% of people named Maisel identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.3%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maisel

Maisel has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

Questions

How common is the surname Maisel?
1,013 people in the United States had the surname Maisel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maisel?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Maisel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Maisel getting more or less common?
More common. 988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, up 2.5%.