Find out how popular the last name Nesselrodt is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Nesselrodt.

Nesselrodt, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Nesselrodt surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nesselrodt in America

Nesselrodt is the 60636th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nesselrodt surname appeared 332 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Nesselrodt.

We can also compare 2010 data for Nesselrodt to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Nesselrodt

The surname Nesselrodt is of Germanic origin, derived from the Old German words "nessel" meaning nettle, and "rodt" meaning a clearing or field. This suggests the name originally referred to a person living near or working on a nettle-covered field or clearing.

The earliest recorded instances of the Nesselrodt name can be traced back to the 13th century in the region of the Rhine Valley in what is now western Germany. Variations in spelling included Nesselrod, Nezelrod, and Neselrode. The name appeared in local municipal and parish records of towns like Kaiserslautern and Zweibrücken.

One of the earliest known bearers of the Nesselrodt name was Henrich Nesselrodt, a landowner and farmer mentioned in a 1327 deed from the town of Rammelsbach. In 1489, a Johannes Nesselrodt is recorded as a master baker in the city of Mainz.

The Nesselrodt name later spread across central and eastern Europe. Notable individuals included Karl Robert von Nesselrode (1780-1862), a Russian diplomat who served as Foreign Minister under three Tsars. Ernst Nesselrodt (1897-1977) was a German military officer and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.

Other prominent bearers of the Nesselrodt surname were Gustav Nesselrodt (1824-1907), a Prussian general in the Franco-Prussian War, and Moritz Nesselrodt (1856-1932), a German architect who designed buildings in cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf.

In the New World, the name appeared among German immigrant communities by the 18th century. Johann Nesselrodt (1727-1802) was among the earliest recorded arrivals, settling in Pennsylvania in 1753. His descendants spread across states like Ohio and Indiana.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nesselrodt

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Nesselrodt.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Nesselrodt was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Nesselrodt has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Nesselrodt was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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