Explore the Family Name Gressel

The meaning of Gressel

South German: 1. diminutive of Gress 1. 2. nickname for a big person, from a variant of grössl, a diminutive of gross ‘big’. 3. variant of Grässel (see Grassel). 4. much altered derivative of the personal name Erasmus. Compare Kress 3.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Gressel has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Gressel was ranked the 54,522nd most common surname, dropping to the 58,182nd position by 2010, a change of -6.71%. The count of individuals with this surname also slightly fell from 354 in 2000 to 349 in 2010, a decline of -1.41%. Consequently, the proportion per 100k people with the Gressel surname dropped from 0.13 to 0.12 during the same decade, marking a 7.69% decrease.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,522	#58,182	-6.71%
Count	354	349	-1.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gressel

As far as the ethnic identity is concerned, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the Gressel surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a minor decrease from 90.68% to 89.40%. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 5.08% to 6.88%, reflecting a 35.43% growth. The portion of those identifying as Black went down from 2.54% in 2000 to 2.01% in 2010, indicating a reduction of 20.87%. There were no reported individuals with the Gressel surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.68%	89.4%	-1.41%
Hispanic	5.08%	6.88%	35.43%
Black	2.54%	2.01%	-20.87%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%