Hassall
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 'person from Hassall', Cheshire, meaning 'witch's corner of land'
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/hæsəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hassall is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)'person from Hassall', Cheshire, meaning 'witch's corner of land'
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Hassall is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Hassall, Cheshire; first attested John de Hassett 1279 RH (O)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, so called from the gen. case of the OE byname Hcett ‘Hat’ (or possibly from the OE vocab. word hcetse witch) + OE halh nook, recess (see Hale i). Var.: Hassell. Hasson i. Scots and N Irish: assimilated form of a patr. from the medieval given name Hal, a pet form of H.arry. 2. Jewish (Sefardic): of unknown origin. Var. (of 2): Hason.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, called from the gen. case of the OE byname, Hcett ‘Hat’ (or possibly from the OE vocab. word hcetse witch) + OE halh nook, recess (see Hale i). Var.: Hassell. Hasson 1. Scots and N Irish: assimilated form of a patr. from the medieval given name Hal, a pet form of Harry. 2. Jewish (Sefardic): of unknown origin. Var. (of 2): Hason.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Rowland Hassallb. 1768GB(1768-1820) preacher and landholder in New South Wales, Australia
- Mary Cover Lawryb. 1799AUnot in their usual nameMissionary daughter and wife, Pioneer missionary to Tonga (1799–1825)
- Arthur Hill Hassallb. 1817GBBritish physician (1817-1894)
- John Hassallb. 1868GBEnglish illustrator (1868-1948)
- Joan Hassallb. 1906GBBritish wood engraver and book illustrator (1906-1988)
- Christopher Hassallb. 1912GBBritish actor and writer (1912-1963)
- Cedric Hassallb. 1919NZNew Zealand chemist
- Harold Hassallb. 1929GBEnglish footballer (1929-2015)
- Ian Hassallb. 1941NZNew Zealand physician (1941–2021)
- Imogen Hassallb. 1942GBEnglish actress (1942-1980)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)19 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 290 | #72,279 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 269 | #72,332 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 213 | #82,344 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 27 | #69,443 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 27 | #67,696 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 12 | #53,541 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 4 | #60,414 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #261,846 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3 | #78,902 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2 | #187,816 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hassall mean, and where does it come from?
- 'person from Hassall', Cheshire, meaning 'witch's corner of land' Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Hassall?
- A machine transcription gives /hæsəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Hassall have the most bearers?
- Hassall is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hassall”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.