Jessel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Jessel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 322 people carried this name — #62,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 8% from 351 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 244 people named Jessel.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Bas-Rhin 125
Seine-Maritime 19
Vosges 15
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Moselle 14
Haut-Rhin 13
Paris 10
Haute-Marne 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

28 people named Jessel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 33 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 17
Silesian 9
Opole 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Jessel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Jessel
    George Jessel 1824–1883 · judge
  • George Jessel
    George Jessel 1824–1883 · judge
  • Charles Jessel
    Charles Jessel 1860–1928 · businessperson
  • Audrey Gertrude Howard d. 2013
  • Zadok Aaron Jessel 1792–1864
  • Julia Cohen 1834–1905

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

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Surnames next to Jessel.

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