How common is the surname Russel?

4,195 people in the United States had the surname Russel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,598 Americans. It ranked 7,894th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Russel?

Russel is /ˈɹʌsəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Russel getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,195 in 2010, down 8.4%.

Is Russel also a first name?

Yes. Russel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Russel

A nickname surname, carried by 4,195 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹʌsəl/ 2 syllables Soundex R240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Russel is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the nickname, a rather rare spelling variant of Russell.

Russel is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,195 people named Russel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,598 Americans. That is down 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,582.

#7,894

rank among US surnames

4,195

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-8.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,781)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,885	Gallaher	4,198	73,546
#7,888	Llanes	4,197	73,563
#7,891	Strasser	4,196	73,581
#7,894	Gallimore	4,195	73,598
#7,896	Brawley	4,193	73,634
#7,898	Hartsfield	4,192	73,651
#7,899	Bunton	4,191	73,669

Who is named Russel

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

71% of people named Russel identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

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 Russel

Russel has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.

Questions

How common is the surname Russel?: 4,195 people in the United States had the surname Russel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,598 Americans. It ranked 7,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Russel?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Russel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Russel?: Russel is /ˈɹʌsəl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Russel?: Russel is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Russel getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,195 in 2010, down 8.4%.
Is Russel also a first name?: Yes. Russel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.