Wessel Forename

54,792nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 11,813 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wessel Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Wessel Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
7,8221:6,9721,287
Netherlands
100%
3,2161:5,256792
Germany
100%
1261:767,2856,733
Jamaica-891:32,3962,175
Israel
98%
 
841:100,0354,350
United States
100%
741:4,899,14861,711
England
100%
621:896,82115,532
Brazil
100%
481:4,463,25372,448
Thailand
100%
481:1,459,70446,344
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Belgium
100%
271:425,5577,369
Canada-211:1,577,78025,926
DR Congo-211:3,515,60073,131
Zimbabwe
100%
201:771,19129,892
Philippines
 
67%
121:8,834,123129,598
Australia-121:1,138,13512,831
Sweden
100%
91:1,095,32321,139
Angola-91:2,996,2903,522
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Norway
100%
61:855,38812,625
Namibia-61:400,6965,862
Afghanistan
100%
61:5,437,25329,511
Peru
100%
51:6,358,29142,272
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Denmark-31:1,883,16617,701
Switzerland
100%
31:2,737,83221,065
Mauritius-31:432,5957,262
New Zealand-31:1,512,01511,267
Scotland-21:2,675,18318,328
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Tanzania-21:26,394,16073,301
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Sudan
100%
11:37,806,97510,689
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528

Wessel (28,428) may also be a surname.

Wessel Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wessell9266/
Weissel923/
Wesselp921/
Wedssel921/
Vwessel921/
Wesel9154/
Wesselll861/
Wessiell861/
Bessel833,121/
Wassel83201/
Weasel83135/
Vessel83119/
Wissel8328/
Weysel8312/
Wiesel8311/
Weisel8310/
Weshel839/
Wessyl835/
Weesel832/
Wesell832/
Woesel832/
Wyssel832/
Wexsel831/
Whesel831/
Weszel831/
Wesiel831/
Weusel831/
Uessel831/
Wassell7713/
Weshell777/
Bessell776/
Vessell775/
Veyssel773/
Wiesell773/
Wedsell772/
Whissel772/
Beissel772/
Weisell772/
Besshel771/
Vhessel771/
Viessel771/
Wissell771/
Whassel771/
Wassiel771/
Wessyll771/
Weeshel771/
Weetsel771/
Weisele771/
Wisseul771/
Uessiel771/
Hwyssel771/
Wasel735,018/
Vesel732,858/
Wesil73189/
Wisel7384/
Besel7381/
Wosel7312/
Wysel739/
Wecel738/
Uesel736/
Wexel733/
Wesyl732/
Weßel731/
Veyssell713/
Weyscell711/
Weschell711/
Weeshell711/
Weithsel711/
Veysel6783,916/
Waseel671,548/
Vejsel67444/
Wassil67403/
Vassel67303/
Bissel6731/
Bessil6721/
Beysel6720/
Veisel6718/
Vissel6713/
Wechel6712/
Vossel6710/
Beisel6710/
Veshel679/
Viesel679/
Wishel678/
Waisel677/
Waysel677/
Beasel676/
Wisell675/
Vesiel674/
Besiel674/
Weciel674/
Vescel674/
Vesell674/
Weshil673/
Wasiel673/
Besell673/
Wisael673/
Vesael672/
Weixel672/
Weezil672/
Wiszel672/
Beesel672/
Bessyl672/
Weasil672/
Beseel671/
Vehsel671/
Veesel671/
Vetsel671/
Veselh671/
Veselt671/
Veselë671/
Vessil671/
Veasel671/
Ueysel671/
Wyscel671/
Wysell671/
Wiselt671/
Wishshell671/
Wisiel671/
Wissyl671/
Wexell671/
Wezeel671/
Wosuel671/
Wesylh671/
Wescil671/
Wesill671/
Weezyl671/
Weisil671/
Weacel671/
Wasael671/
Wasell671/
Whysel671/
Wezell671/
Widsel671/
Wosiel671/
Wossil671/
Wysiel671/

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wessel