Wessels is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wessels
No. of characters: 7
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wessels

How popular is Wessels?

Wessels is common in South Africa.

Wessels is ranked 7518 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wessels bearers increased by 7.152915 per cent in 2010 US census to 3805 since 2000, the surname slipped by 100 spots and ranked at 8641. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.17 94.37
Hispanic or Latino 2.39 1.97
Black 1.39 1.38
Others 1.24 1.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.42 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.39
Wessels is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 72032 people have been found who wears Wessels as their family name. Wessels 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
103,755 Czech Republic5
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
2,537 Afghanistan4
720,003 Russia4
16,605 Austria3
10,686 Costa Rica3
9,097 Wales3
32,695 Nigeria3
4,881 Oman3
16,136 Kenya3
4,529 Mauritius3
6,270 Hong Kong3
1,418 Madagascar3
1,777 Jersey2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
4,104 South Korea2
35,969 Denmark2
54,641 Sweden2
18,035 Egypt2
3,014 Taiwan2
41,879 Turkey2
26,123 Malaysia2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
9,272 Ecuador2
993 Guernsey2
34,572 Israel2
13,552 Qatar2
1,500,361 India2
1,879 Belize1
169,904 Brazil1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,314 Bolivia1
6,820 Angola1
153,416 Italy1
3,243 Suriname1
2,374 Bermuda1
1,572 Macau1
880 Djibouti1
12,270 Lebanon1
7,941 Guatemala1
5,916 Mozambique1
25,746 Finland1
17,768 Pakistan1
58,885 Poland1
42,479 Greece1
11,486 Estonia1
56,169 Mexico1
971 Seychelles1
13,447 Uganda1
586 San Marino1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,196 Liberia1
2,040 Mali1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,210 Thailand48
9,780 Scotland46
46,313 Spain43
7,570 Ireland38
2,673 Guyana36
8,214 Singapore35
699 Isle of Man21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,561 Zimbabwe89
1,795 Bahrain86
Countries with hundreds of Wessels:
7,538 England903
512 Namibia651
9,137 Australia308
15,513 Canada240
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
2,099 Botswana188
6,960 Switzerland171
57,437 France171
11,679 Belgium156
5,525 New Zealand137
40,399 Argentina119
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
Countries with thousands of Wessels:
157 Netherlands7,225
1,412 Germany5,413
7,917 United States4,739
955 Zambia1,807
Countries with ten thousands of Wessels:
115 South Africa48,911
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Wessels Namesakes

  • Alexander Wesselsky, Singer
  • Antonie Wessels, Author
  • Bridgette Wessels, Author
  • Charlotte Wessels, Singer-songwriter
  • Alexander Wesselsky, Singer
  • Kepler Wessels, Cricketer
  • Riki Wessels, Cricketer
  • Kepler Wessels, Cricketer
  • Peter Wessels, Tennis player
  • Peter Wessels, Tennis player
  • Gerrit Wessels characterized central role of Gerard Jansen in 1959 drama movie Ek Sal Opstaan.
  • Robbie Wessels, from 2013 comedy, family flick 100 Meter Leeuloop, who played the Manie Mol and Ronnie Wentzel and Gazi.
  • Carel Wessels, from 2010 drama flick DSB: The Movie, who played Hans van Goor.
  • Karen Wessels portrayed crucial character of Alet du Toit in 2014 adventure flick Agent 2000: Die Laksman.

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