Kessler is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kessler
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Worn in Alsace-Lorraine, corresponds to the boilermaker trade (derived from the German Kessel = cauldron).

How popular is Kessler?

Kessler is common in Germany.

Kessler is ranked 6195 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kessler bearers increased by 0.675465 per cent in 2010 US census to 29064 since 2000, the surname slipped by 104 spots and ranked at 1216. The last name was found in around 98 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.94 96.39
Hispanic or Latino 2.21 1.34
Others 1.28 0.88
Kessler is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 88114 people have been found who wears Kessler as their family name. Kessler is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
39,450 Moldova8
9,568 Thailand8
51,441 Kyrgyzstan8
6,940 Japan8
2,011 South Korea4
2,236 El Salvador3
20,541 Peru3
9,077 Lithuania3
15,956 Venezuela3
1,500,361 India2
9,272 Ecuador2
41,879 Turkey2
1,834 Malta2
40,064 Nigeria2
10,395 Latvia2
38,063 Mauritania1
810,193 Indonesia1
4,249 Cambodia1
15,705 Cameroon1
37,779 Serbia1
1,879 Belize1
1,542 Andorra1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
2,309 Monaco1
537 Liechtenstein1
17,768 Pakistan1
28,365 Kenya1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,578 Guam1
24,421 Slovakia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
25,746 Finland1
11,831 Tajikistan1
14,644 Tunisia1
11,486 Estonia1
17,236 Ghana1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
18,969 Wales1
6,967 Macedonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
32,867 Belarus36
15,547 New Zealand36
12,692 Scotland33
11,444 Portugal28
11,387 Ireland22
28,338 Norway20
3,852 Costa Rica15
3,114 China14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
52,037 Ukraine95
6,803 Denmark89
4,216 Singapore77
6,658 Uruguay73
2,783 Jamaica71
3,257 Hong Kong71
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
1,061 Luxembourg53
Countries with hundreds of Kessler:
4,503 Canada995
17,896 Russia951
8,948 England731
9,230 South Africa694
21,418 Philippines644
11,594 Poland525
4,661 Malaysia481
7,327 Netherlands381
7,605 Australia377
34,473 Italy258
2,362 Paraguay227
8,267 Belgium223
1,760 Namibia203
11,099 Romania188
19,046 Mexico183
18,368 Spain168
5,678 Sweden167
7,168 Hungary164
5,341 Croatia155
13,267 Greece147
7,193 Chile135
20,634 Kazakhstan124
15,183 Czech Republic115
Countries with thousands of Kessler:
2,738 Brazil5,326
126 Switzerland3,367
2,847 France2,657
2,163 Argentina2,210
660 Israel1,555
542 Austria1,362
Countries with ten thousands of Kessler:
1,027 United States36,730
196 Germany25,788
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Comments

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Yajaira Frantz
Kessler is a very widespread family name in Alsace-Lorraine-and, incurred, represents the form of Kesseler, profession name designating the tinker.

Kessler Namesakes

  • Aharon Kessler, Author
  • Alec Kessler, Basketball player
  • Minuetta Kessler, Pianist
  • Beatrice Kessler, Film actress
  • Alec Kessler, Basketball player
  • David Kessler, Actor
  • Todd Kessler, Film writer
  • Beatrice Kessler, Film actress
  • Hal Kessler, Theater Producer
  • Jordan Kessler, Film producer
  • In 2010 comedy, romance film, Forever, Kayden Kessler portrayed Nick.
  • Stacy Kessler, from 0 action and crime flick Eastern Citrus, who characterized CSI Suzanne Schwartz.

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