The Brassel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 294 people carried this name — #67,126 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 266 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
223 people named Brassel live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Brassel.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Brassel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques-Alexandre Brassel 1797–1861 · politician
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Günther Brassel 1915– · paleontologist
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Friedhelm Brassel 1955– · physician
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Ruedi Brassel 1955– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brassel.
- Braquet 239 · U.S. census
- Bras 350 · U.S. census
- Brasier 751 · U.S. census
- Brassard 1,809 · U.S. census
- Brassart 150 · U.S. census
- Brasse 116 · U.S. census
- Brasseur 707 · U.S. census
- Brau 520 · U.S. census
- Braud 2,396 · U.S. census
- Brauer 4,906 · U.S. census
- Brault 2,029 · U.S. census
- Braun 34,491 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Brassel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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