Explore the Family Name Jassal

The meaning of Jassal

Indian (Punjab) and Pakistani: Sikh and Jat name, a habitational name from the village of Jassar in Ludhiana district. The Hindi/Punjabi suffix -sar means ‘pond’.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Jassal has seen a notable increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 83,965th, but by 2010, it had jumped to the 61,745th spot, an improvement of 26.46 percent. Concurrently, the count of individuals with this surname grew from 208 to 325, marking a significant rise of 56.25 percent. The proportion of people named Jassal per 100k population also rose from 0.08 to 0.11, an increase of 37.5 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#83,965	#61,745	26.46%
Count	208	325	56.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.11	37.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jassal

Moving on to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals bearing the Jassal surname identify as Asian/Pacific Islander. Between 2000 and 2010, there was an increase in this category from 86.06 percent to 90.46 percent, indicating a growth of 5.11 percent. On the other hand, those who identified with two or more races decreased significantly from 8.17 percent to 2.46 percent, a drop of 69.89 percent. The percentage of individuals identifying as White also saw a decrease, going from 5.29 percent to 4.31 percent. Interestingly, the Hispanic representation started to appear in 2010 with 2.15 percent, while the percentages for Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	86.06%	90.46%	5.11%
White	5.29%	4.31%	-18.53%
Two or More Races	8.17%	2.46%	-69.89%
Hispanic	0%	2.15%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%