Wessel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wessel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wessel

How popular is Wessel?

Wessel is common in Germany.

Wessel is ranked 21036 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wessel bearers increased by 3.69096 per cent in 2010 US census to 6630 since 2000, the surname slipped by 224 spots and ranked at 5262. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.08 96.48
Hispanic or Latino 1.86 0.92
Others 1.55 1.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.33
Black 0.3 0.27
Wessel is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Norway is ahead in terms of density. Around 24587 people have been found who wears Wessel as their family name. Wessel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
275,830 Ukraine8
7,113 Costa Rica5
812 Monaco5
10,542 China4
2,720 South Korea3
24,766 Scotland2
4,231 Jamaica2
20,837 Venezuela2
14,521 Portugal2
9,272 Ecuador2
40,256 Mexico2
1,500,361 India2
5,467 Haiti1
11,510 Oman1
24,771 Colombia1
31,584 Peru1
810,193 Indonesia1
29,046 Japan1
1,572 Macau1
36,814 Romania1
24,176 Qatar1
5,872 Namibia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
37,493 Austria1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,869 Spain38
11,685 Singapore24
20,041 New Zealand24
313,372 Russia23
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
66,582 Argentina60
85,668 Italy56
14,717 Chile54
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Wessel:
478 Norway990
7,365 South Africa877
940 Denmark565
7,797 Canada531
25,757 Brazil477
2,533 Sweden399
13,044 Australia210
23,671 England210
61,459 France159
8,668 Hungary131
Countries with thousands of Wessel:
5,067 United States7,818
1,538 Netherlands1,449
Countries with ten thousands of Wessel:
652 Germany10,255
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Comments

M
Margurite Bickerstaff
 The origin of the name is Flemish its etymology comes from the Latin meaning vassalus: vassal.

Wessel Namesakes

  • Hank Wesselman, Anthropologist
  • David Wessel, Journalist
  • Alexander Wesselsky, Singer
  • Alina Wessel, Tennis Player
  • Johan Herman Wessel, Poet
  • Antonie Wessels, Author
  • Bugge Wesseltoft, Musician
  • Johann Baptist Wessely, Composer
  • Debbie Lee Wesselmann, Novelist
  • Bridgette Wessels, Author

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