Where Does The Last Name van Wessel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

van Wessel is most common in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Wessel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname van Wessel is the 466,730^th most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,107,553 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Wessel live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 672 people, or 1 in 25,130. In The Netherlands van Wessel is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 43 percent are found, North Holland, where 19 percent are found and North Brabant, where 10 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands van Wessel occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.