How Many People Have the Last Name Russel?

4,195

people had the surname Russel in the 2010 US Census

About 1 in 70,423 people in the Census had this surname

Source: Census Bureau surname list

Surname Rank

#7,894

Tied with 1 other

Per 100,000 People

1.42

In 2010

Largest Group

70.7%

White

Change Since 2000

−8.4%

−387 people

👥 Race and Hispanic Origin

Most people with the surname Russel (70.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 19.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Russel ranks #6,096. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share fell from 24.4% to 19.1%, and the non-Hispanic White share rose from 68.4% to 70.7%.

White 70.7%
Black 19.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino 4.5%

📈 Change Since 2000

Russel fell from 4,582 people in 2000 to 4,195 in 2010 (down 8.4%), and its rank fell from #6,781 to #7,894.

20002010
People4,5824,195
Rank#6,781#7,894
Per 100,000 people1.71.42

🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Russel

RankSurnamePeople in 2010
#7,891Ou4,196
#7,891Strasser4,196
#7,894Gallimore4,195
#7,894Russel4,195
#7,896Brawley4,193
#7,896Reidy4,193
#7,898Hartsfield4,192

👤 Russel as a First Name

Russel is a first name too: about 6,884 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.

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