Cassel Surname
Approximately 10,081 people bear this surname
Cassel Surname Definition:
For Castle, q.v.
Cassel is also a French surname, derived from the village of that name in the Nord department. The origin is, however, the same.
Read More About This SurnameCassel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,146 | 1:58,975 | 6,977 |
| Brazil | 1,163 | 1:184,071 | 7,115 |
| Germany | 688 | 1:117,014 | 14,387 |
| France | 658 | 1:100,946 | 14,825 |
| Sweden | 380 | 1:25,913 | 2,111 |
| Canada | 289 | 1:127,493 | 13,298 |
| Australia | 199 | 1:135,657 | 14,662 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| England | 134 | 1:415,806 | 28,295 |
| Liberia | 74 | 1:59,575 | 5,232 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 82 | 1:297,261 | 20,172 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:6,485 | 1,119 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,843 | 1:27,248 | 3,344 |
The alternate forms: Cássel (1) are calculated separately.
Cassel (301) may also be a first name.
Cassel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For Castle, q.v.
Cassel is also a French surname, derived from the village of that name in the Nord department. The origin is, however, the same.
See Kassel.
Place name in Germany. City in Hesse. Hence also Kasselman.
User-submitted Reference
Records from the 8th century say there was a royal court called Chassella, later renamed to Cassel, and since 1926 it is called Kassel. The city is in Hesse, Germany.
- mirjam.casselThis surname comes from a city in Germany.
- bonitacasselCassel Demographics
Average Cassel Salary in
United States
$45,141 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cassel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cassel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cassel (Hindi: कैसल) is found most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms: Cássel. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cassel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 50,872nd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 722,899 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Cassel are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Cassel is also the 507,810th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 301 people.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 6,146 people, or 1 in 58,975. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 62 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.
Cassel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cassel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 333 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 163 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cassel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Cassel last name is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Cassel last name are 22.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.56% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cassel earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 3.72% less than the national average, earning 333,218 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.83% more than the national average, earning R 275,256 per year; in United States they earn 4.62% more than the national average, earning $45,141 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.45% more than the national average, earning $52,391 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cassel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cassel in the Hindi language | ||
| कैसल | kaisala | - |
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