Last Name RUSSEL

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Meaning	Nickname: Russell, the diminutive of Rous, a sobriquet for one with hair or complexion of a reddish-brown. Just as Old French 'brun,' brown, took two diminutives 'burnett' and 'burnell,' so 'rous,' reddish brown, took two diminutives 'russet' and 'russell.' From nicknames these became hereditary surnames.

Origin	English, French, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	6,781 (2000 US census)	5,804 (1990 US census)

Count	4,582 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

68.42%, or 3135 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
24.42%, or 1119 total occurrences, as black,
0.7%, or 32 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.59%, or 73 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.1%, or 96 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.77%, or 127 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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