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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.

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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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Pas-de-Calais 120
Somme 91
Bas-Rhin 51
Nord 26
Paris 22
Yvelines 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Haute-Savoie 5

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

Sweden (2022) 368

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.

Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Cassel
Le Messager 1928-08-03
Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Cassel
The Western News 1906-07-25
Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Cassel
The Western News 1906-02-28

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.

  • Johann Philipp Cassel
    Johann Philipp Cassel 1707–1783 · writer
  • Carl Philipp Cassel
    Carl Philipp Cassel 1744–1807 · merchant
  • Bernhard Cassel d. 1876 · coin trader
  • Jean de Cassel, Seigneur de Cassel d. 1333
  • Robert, Count of Marle 1250–1331 · politician
  • Jacob Cassel 1697–1740 · priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Cassel is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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