Bessels Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Bessels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 180 | 1:93,818 | 15,387 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bessels Demographics
Bessels Political Affiliation
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Bessels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessels Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bessels is most common in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessels? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bessels is the 1,177,228th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Bessels are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 93,818. In The Netherlands Bessels is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 48 percent reside, North Holland, where 13 percent reside and Utrecht, where 13 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands Bessels exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Bessels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bessels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bessels surname increased 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bessels Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bessels surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Bessels earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 18.12% more than the national average, earning 408,775 kr per year and in United States they earn 27.2% more than the national average, earning $54,886 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Besselse | 93 | 83 | / |
| Biessels | 93 | 72 | / |
| Besels | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wessels | 86 | 45,939 | / |
| Vessels | 86 | 2,021 | / |
| Bissels | 86 | 288 | / |
| Bassels | 86 | 40 | / |
| Wessells | 80 | 557 | / |
| Vessells | 80 | 278 | / |
| Wesselsz | 80 | 25 | / |
| Wesselse | 80 | 19 | / |
| Beselles | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bissells | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wuessels | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wiessels | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wessesls | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beeles | 77 | 217 | / |
| Basels | 77 | 20 | / |
| Betels | 77 | 13 | / |
| Wesels | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bezels | 77 | 2 | / |
| Beasls | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vesels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vesselles | 75 | 15 | / |
| Bettels | 71 | 812 | / |
| Wissels | 71 | 250 | / |
| Bishels | 71 | 55 | / |
| Belesse | 71 | 35 | / |
| Wehsels | 71 | 10 | / |
| Viesels | 71 | 9 | / |
| Wesselsová | 71 | 7 | / |
| Bilesse | 71 | 3 | / |
| Weshels | 71 | 3 | / |
| Weasels | 71 | 3 | / |
| Vesells | 71 | 3 | / |
| Beitels | 71 | 3 | / |
| Weisels | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wesselsova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wyssels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Basells | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boisselles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baasels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bechels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weselss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wesselz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wessils | 71 | 0 | / |
| Behtels | 71 | 0 | / |
| Beetels | 71 | 0 | / |
| Beals | 67 | 10,410 | / |
| Beyls | 67 | 735 | / |
| Beuls | 67 | 264 | / |
| Beils | 67 | 202 | / |
| Beylesse | 67 | 30 | / |
| Weiseles | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wesselch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Veselles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baylesse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bossyl's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vessills | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wesaells | 67 | 0 | / |
| Betls | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wissells | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Bessels
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