Dessels Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Dessels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dessels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
England61:9,286,343223,652
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Dessels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dessels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dessels is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dessels? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dessels reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Dessels is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 47 percent reside, Free State, where 22 percent reside and North West, where 18 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Dessels exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Namibia, where 4 percent reside.

Dessels Last Name Statistics demography

Dessels earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.61% more than the national average, earning R 243,840 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Desselss9320/
Dessells933/
Desels923/
Desselles88297/
Dissels86117/
Desuels861/
Desells860/
Desseulles822/
Deselles8025/
Dehesselles781/
Detels77219/
Disels7710/
Dehels771/
Desils771/
Deeles771/
Deasls771/
Descelles7524/
Delesse71510/
Dessuilles7120/
Deschelles712/
Deheselles711/
Deelest711/
Doisels711/
Desills710/
Decelles671,482/
Deils6745/
Deals674/
Dechells671/
Dettells671/
Detelles671/
Deshills670/
Deuls670/

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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 Dessels
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