Issels Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Issels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Issels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
France11:66,422,722504,397

Issels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Issels occurs most in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Issels click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Issels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Issels is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Issels live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Issels is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 2,300,156. In Germany Issels is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 71 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent are found and Bavaria, where 6 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Bermuda, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ijssels9272/
Hissels922/
Gissells861/
Yssels8310/
Eisels832/
Essels831/
Ussels830/
Iels802/
Isls802/
Geijssels801/
Hessels772,690/
Hussels77116/
Essells7724/
Ysseles7721/
Gessels773/
Eishels770/
Hiels7348/
Jiels734/
Ieles731/
Usels731/
Esels730/
Heessels71425/
Geijsels7174/
Gessells7156/
Geyssels7114/
Geessels7113/
Hässelås714/
Heussels712/
Els6721,434/
Ils67304/
Ielsch67223/
Gesels6780/
Hesels6739/
Ilesse674/
Hesselsøe672/
Hieles672/
Islese671/
Jieles670/

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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 Issels
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