Kesselman Surname

248,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,595 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Kesselman Surname Definition:

(German, English) One who made and sold kettles; dweller in, or near, a fort or castle; one who came from Kessel (castle), the name of many places in Germany.

Kesselman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1371:318,78529,088
Israel1111:77,0969,393
Argentina1071:399,47130,635
Canada661:558,26746,632
England601:928,63447,428
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Sweden161:615,42245,338
France141:4,744,480251,814
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Kesselman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, English) One who made and sold kettles; dweller in, or near, a fort or castle; one who came from Kessel (castle), the name of many places in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kesselman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kesselman (Russian: Кессельман) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kesselman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kesselman is the 248,973rd most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,568,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Kesselman live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,137 people, or 1 in 318,785. In The United States Kesselman is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 20 percent are found, New Jersey, where 10 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 7 percent are found and Argentina, where 7 percent are found.

Kesselman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kesselman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 14,213 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kesselman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kesselman surname are 42.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.74% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kesselman earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 22.9% more than the national average, earning $53,031 USD per year and in Canada they earn 61.88% more than the national average, earning $80,429 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kesselman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kesselman in the Russian language
Кессельманkesselman-

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