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    The surname Vessell

    A French occupational surname, carried by 545 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V240

    Vessell: #40,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Vessell #40,204, 545 people Vessell: #40,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Vessell #40,204, 545 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vessell is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of household vessels, from Middle English vessel, itself from Old French vaissel.

    Vessell is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 545 people named Vessell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 524.

    #40,204
    rank among US surnames
    545
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #39,499)

    Who is named Vessell

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

    70% of people named Vessell identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Vessel

    Surnames that sound like Vessell

    Vessell has the Soundex code V240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V240.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vessell come from?
    Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of household vessels, from Middle English vessel, itself from Old French vaissel.
    How common is the surname Vessell?
    545 people in the United States had the surname Vessell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. It ranked 40,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vessell?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Vessell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Vessell?
    Vessell is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Vessell getting more or less common?
    More common. 524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 545 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Vessell?
    Vessel.