The Cassel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,851 people carried this name — #6,916 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,536 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 378 people named Cassel.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
368 people named Cassel is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Cassel in American newspapers,
1906–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,315 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cassel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Philipp Cassel 1707–1783 · writer -
Carl Philipp Cassel 1744–1807 · merchant -
Bernhard Cassel d. 1876 · coin trader
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Jean de Cassel, Seigneur de Cassel d. 1333
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Robert, Count of Marle 1250–1331 · politician
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Jacob Cassel 1697–1740 · priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cassel.
- Cassar 924 · U.S. census
- Cassara 1,383 · U.S. census
- Cassard 189 · U.S. census
- Cassaro 534 · U.S. census
- Cassat 110 · U.S. census
- Casse 272 · U.S. census
- Cassen 144 · U.S. census
- Cassi 134 · U.S. census
- Cassier 105 · U.S. census
- Cassiere 198 · U.S. census
- Cassim 134 · U.S. census
- Cassin 829 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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