How common is the surname Sessler?

1,056 people in the United States had the surname Sessler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. It ranked 23,899th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sessler?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sessler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sessler?

Andrew Sessler, American physicist and humanitarian (1928-2014).

Where is the surname Sessler most common?

Wikidata records people named Sessler in the United States.

Is the surname Sessler getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,056 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Sessler

A surname, carried by 1,056 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sessler is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,056 people named Sessler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,057.

#23,899

rank among US surnames

1,056

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,688)

Who is named Sessler

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

92% of people named Sessler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sesslers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrew Sessler
American physicist and humanitarian (1928-2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sessler

Sessler has the Soundex code S246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S246.

Questions

How common is the surname Sessler?: 1,056 people in the United States had the surname Sessler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. It ranked 23,899th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sessler?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sessler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sessler?: Andrew Sessler, American physicist and humanitarian (1928-2014).
Where is the surname Sessler most common?: Wikidata records people named Sessler in the United States.
Is the surname Sessler getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,056 in 2010, down 0.1%.