Family name Russel (Russel 
, রাসেল , راسل 
, and others...) , around the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Russel is characteristic of Curacao, where it is quite a common surname, Suriname, and Bangladesh. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Bangladesh, the United States, and Philippines. More frequently, Russel is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Russel | Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Bangladesh, United States |
| রাসেল | Bangladesh |
| راسل | Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia |
| ラッセル | Japan |
| ראסל | Israel |
| Рассел | Ukraine, Russia |
| theodore russel English portrait painter, GB (b. 1614) |
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| richard russel English journalist (b. 1685) |
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| richard russel English physician (1714?–1771) (b. 1714) |
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| james russel English painter and dealer, ca. 1720-1763, GB (b. 1720) |
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| george russel British poet (b. 1728) |
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| john russel Church of Scotland minister (b. 1741) |
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samuel r. russel US (b. 1839) |
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| elisabeth anne russel (b. 1793) |
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fannie forbis russel US (b. 1846) |
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andrew russel American politician (1856-1934), US (b. 1856) |
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| alexander russel British newspaper editor (b. 1814) |
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| stanislas russel FR (b. 1811) |
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| federick brett russel US (b. 1813) |
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| william c. russel (b. 1814) |
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albert wells russel American businessman, US (b. 1875) |
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