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Where Does The Last Name Wessels Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Wessels occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wessels? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 12,225^th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 158,635 people. Wessels occurs predominantly in Africa, where 46 percent of Wessels reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 46 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Wessels is also the 639,077^th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 201 people.

Wessels is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 21,084 people, or 1 in 2,570. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 29 percent are found, Western Cape, where 23 percent are found and Free State, where 12 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Wessels exists in 82 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 23 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 15 percent are found.

Wessels Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Wessels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wessels last name rose 853 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,180 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wessels Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Wessels surname are 19.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.45% registered with the party.

The amount Wessels earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.92% less than the national average, earning 273,690 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 83.26% more than the national average, earning R 435,504 per year; in United States they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $47,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.98% more than the national average, earning $55,136 CAD per year.