The Kassel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,262 people carried this name — #19,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 121 people named Kassel.
6 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Kassel live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kassel.
- Kasper 10,005 · U.S. census
- Kasperski 475 · U.S. census
- Kasprzak 1,415 · U.S. census
- Kasprzyk 1,020 · U.S. census
- Kassa 971 · U.S. census
- Kassabian 397 · U.S. census
- Kassem 678 · U.S. census
- Kassim 730 · U.S. census
- Kast 1,978 · U.S. census
- Kastler 485 · U.S. census
- Kastner 4,047 · U.S. census
- Kaszuba 559 · U.S. census
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