Hessel is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hessel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Germany and Alsace, but also in Belgium and in the North, the name can have several meanings. Either a hypocoristic Hess or Hermann (see these names), the one who is from German towns called Hessel or Hesseln. Derivatives: Hesselmann (Germany), Hesselmans (Netherlands).

How popular is Hessel?

Hessel is common in United States.

Hessel is ranked 38917 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hessels plummeted by 15.49067 per cent to 1042 since 2000 and slipped by 4026 spots and ranked at 24137. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.3 97.24
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 1.22
Others 0.86 0.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0
Hessel is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Sweden is ahead in terms of density. Around 12604 people have been found who wears Hessel as their family name. Hessel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
607,991 Indonesia5
1,219,338 India3
23,344 Austria2
41,879 Turkey2
4,104 South Korea2
34,681 Norway2
174,544 Czech Republic1
53,033 Nigeria1
50,549 Georgia1
123,175 Tanzania1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
11,486 Estonia1
25,746 Finland1
3,586 Honduras1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
5,916 Mozambique1
17,768 Pakistan1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
3,243 Suriname1
16,283 Lithuania1
1,005 The Gambia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
49,834 Australia39
377,825 Russia17
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,684 Switzerland90
Countries with hundreds of Hessel:
1,391 Sweden725
19,850 France490
1,475 Denmark384
8,235 Netherlands341
24,304 South Africa237
17,676 Canada206
6,229 Israel177
33,601 Argentina149
31,938 England140
8,562 Slovakia124
15,958 Belgium111
Countries with thousands of Hessel:
3,012 Brazil4,770
3,199 Germany2,723
18,237 United States1,791
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Comments

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Virginia Razo
Hessel is a family name, a diminutive of Alsatian hesse, designating the native of hesse, name of locality Moselle.

Hessel Namesakes

  • Kerstin Hesselgren, Politician
  • Arik Hesseldahl, Journalist
  • Erik Hesselberg, Sailor
  • Dianne Hesselbein, Politician
  • Jonas Hesselman, Engineer
  • Frances Hesselbein, Editor
  • Franz Hessel, Writer
  • Stéphane Hessel, Writer
  • Franz Hessel, Writer
  • Lasse Hessel, Inventor

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