Explore the Family Name Meusel

The meaning of Meusel

1. South German: variant of Mäusel, an affectionate nickname for a small and quick person, from a diminutive of Middle High German mūs ‘mouse’. 2. Germanized form of Sorbian Mysl: from a short form of an Old Slavic personal name like Myslibor, based on the root of mysliti ‘to think’. Some characteristic forenames: German Juergen, Fritz, Kurt.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Meusel saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Meusel was ranked 82,344th most popular surname in the United States with a count of 213 individuals. By 2010, however, its rank had slipped to 90,113 and the number of individuals with this surname had also slightly reduced to 205, representing a change of -9.43% in ranking and -3.76% in count. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased by 12.5%, from 0.08 to 0.07.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#82,344	#90,113	-9.43%
Count	213	205	-3.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Meusel

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the surname Meusel identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 98.59% of individuals identified as such, but this percentage dropped to 94.15% in 2010, marking a -4.50% change. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or of Two or more races in either years. However, there was a notable emergence of Hispanic identification, which was non-existent in 2000 but represented 4.88% of the Meusels in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.59%	94.15%	-4.5%
Hispanic	0%	4.88%	0%
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%