Frequency: (128)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
American reduced and altered form of Dutch van Ysselstein, a habitational name from the village of IJsselstein, near Utrecht.
FOREBEARS: Cornelius Martinse van Ysselstein came to New Netherland in 1658. The name was eventually Americanized as Yeazel or Yazell.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
