How common is the surname Meisels?

1,164 people in the United States had the surname Meisels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Meisels getting more or less common?

More common. 725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 61%.

The surname Meisels

A surname, carried by 1,164 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meisels is more common than 86.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,164 people named Meisels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 725.

#22,183

rank among US surnames

1,164

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+60.6%

change since 2000 (was #30,412)

Who is named Meisels

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

99% of people named Meisels identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 99%
Two or more races 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Meisels

Michels

Meisels has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Questions

How common is the surname Meisels?: 1,164 people in the United States had the surname Meisels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meisels?: In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Meisels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Meisels getting more or less common?: More common. 725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 61%.