Essel Surname
Approximately 37,494 people bear this surname
Essel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 36,160 | 1:747 | 110 |
| Germany | 386 | 1:208,563 | 23,697 |
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| England | 141 | 1:395,164 | 27,358 |
| South Africa | 97 | 1:558,533 | 43,702 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Poland | 37 | 1:1,027,263 | 72,414 |
| Finland | 32 | 1:171,772 | 15,201 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Essel (2,339) may also be a first name.
Essel Demographics
Average Essel Salary in
United States
$41,602 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Essel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Essel (Russian: Эссель) is found most in Ghana. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Essel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,861st most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 194,366 people. The last name Essel occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Essel reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Essel is also the 153,787th most frequently used first name globally, held by 2,339 people.
The last name Essel is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 36,160 people, or 1 in 747. Outside of Ghana this surname exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Essel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Essel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Essel surname rose 2,992 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Essel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Essel surname are 9.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.01% being registered with the party.
The amount Essel earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.68% more than the national average, earning R 248,748 per year; in United States they earn 3.59% less than the national average, earning $41,602 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.11% more than the national average, earning $54,706 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Essel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Essel in the Russian language | ||
| Эссель | essel | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Essel
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