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The Kissel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,756 people carried this name — #7,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is up 23% from 3,867 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Kissel.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Moselle 121
Paris 15
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Yvelines 7
Bas-Rhin 5
Hauts-de-Seine 4
Gironde 3
Côte-d’Or 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Kissel live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 12
Fribourg 8
Zug 5
Lucerne 4

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 print

Kissel in American newspapers,
1917–1926.

Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Kissel
The Daily Missoulian 1917-04-15
Newspaper page from The Harlem News carrying the name Kissel
The Harlem News 1926-04-30
Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Kissel
Evening Journal 1917-05-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,100 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kissel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Kissel
    John Kissel 1864–1938 · politician
  • Gustav Hermann Kissel 1810–1876
  • Clemens Kissel 1849–1911 · writer
  • Caroline Roberts Thorn 1858–1949
  • Rudolph H. Kissel 1859–1942
  • Josef Kissel 1869–1942 · jurist

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Kissel.

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