Hessel Surname
Approximately 9,650 people bear this surname
Hessel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,660 | 1:21,996 | 2,914 |
| United States | 1,962 | 1:184,740 | 18,419 |
| Brazil | 1,837 | 1:116,535 | 4,408 |
| Sweden | 441 | 1:22,328 | 1,844 |
| Denmark | 280 | 1:20,160 | 2,012 |
| Netherlands | 273 | 1:61,858 | 10,635 |
| Belgium | 210 | 1:54,746 | 8,892 |
| Canada | 202 | 1:182,404 | 18,127 |
| France | 198 | 1:335,468 | 50,650 |
| Argentina | 104 | 1:410,994 | 31,358 |
| England | 101 | 1:551,664 | 33,983 |
| Israel | 84 | 1:101,877 | 11,676 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Austria | 42 | 1:202,748 | 25,305 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 43 | 1:566,869 | 29,432 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 319 | 1:157,425 | 14,458 |
Hessel (2,575) may also be a first name.
Hessel Demographics
Average Hessel Salary in
United States
$47,967 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hessel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hessel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hessel is most common in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hessel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hessel is the 52,998th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 755,186 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Hessel reside; 46 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 145,073rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 2,575 people.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 3,660 people, or 1 in 21,996. In Germany Hessel is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent reside, Saxony, where 23 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 56 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, where 19 percent reside.
Hessel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hessel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hessel last name increased 615 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 235 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hessel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Hessel surname are 36.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.81% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Hessel earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning 338,888 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.39% more than the national average, earning R 257,568 per year; in United States they earn 11.17% more than the national average, earning $47,967 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.63% less than the national average, earning $46,885 CAD per year.
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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 Hessel
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