How common is the surname Meisel?

1,858 people in the United States had the surname Meisel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,171 Americans. It ranked 15,700th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meisel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meisel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Meisel?

Steven Meisel, American photographer (born 1954), followed by Kurt Meisel.

Where is the surname Meisel most common?

Wikidata records people named Meisel in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Meisel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,858 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Meisel

A surname, carried by 1,858 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meisel is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,858 people named Meisel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,171 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,854.

#15,700

rank among US surnames

1,858

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,701)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,692	Milby	1,859	166,082
#15,700	Vandenbosch	1,858	166,171
#15,709	Tibbitts	1,857	166,260

Who is named Meisel

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

95% of people named Meisel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meisels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Meisel
American photographer (born 1954)
Kurt Meisel
Austrian actor and film director (1912–1994)

Notable Meisels come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meisel

Meisel 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 Meisel?: 1,858 people in the United States had the surname Meisel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,171 Americans. It ranked 15,700th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meisel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meisel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meisel?: Steven Meisel, American photographer (born 1954), followed by Kurt Meisel.
Where is the surname Meisel most common?: Wikidata records people named Meisel in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Meisel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,858 in 2010, up 0.2%.