Explore the Family Name Aspell

The meaning of Aspell

1. English: habitational name from Aspull in Greater Manchester, named from Old English æspe ‘aspen’ + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Asbell. 2. Irish: in Ireland, this is usually the English name in 1 above imported, but according to MacLysaght it is also an east Leinster variant of Archbold (see Archibald).

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How common is the last name Aspell in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Aspell has seen a moderate decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 62,775 in terms of popularity, but this ranking fell to 71,478 in 2010, indicating a drop of approximately 13.86%. The count of people with this surname also decreased from 298 to 273 during this period, marking an 8.39% reduction. Similarly, the proportion per 100,000 people fell by 18.18%, from 0.11 to 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,775	#71,478	-13.86%
Count	298	273	-8.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.09	-18.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Aspell

On the matter of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that individuals identifying as White make up the majority of people with the Aspell surname. In 2000, this figure stood at 96.31%, which slightly decreased to 94.87% in 2010. There was no change in the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. However, there was a notable increase in the proportion of people identifying as Hispanic, from 2.35% in 2000 to 3.30% in 2010, amounting to a significant 40.43% rise. Data for those identifying as two or more races remained suppressed for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.31%	94.87%	-1.5%
Hispanic	2.35%	3.3%	40.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%