van Wessel Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
van Wessel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 672 | 1:25,130 | 4,082 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
van Wessel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wessel Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wessel occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wessel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 466,730th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 10,107,553 people. van Wessel is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Wessel live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 672 people, or 1 in 25,130. In The Netherlands van Wessel is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 43 percent reside, North Holland, where 19 percent reside and North Brabant, where 10 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wesel | 95 | 299 | / |
| van Weesel | 90 | 27 | / |
| van Wissel | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Weisel | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Wezel | 84 | 1,830 | / |
| van Weele | 84 | 524 | / |
| van Besel | 84 | 21 | / |
| van Weßel | 84 | 3 | / |
| van Wheel | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Vossel | 80 | 284 | / |
| van Weezel | 80 | 227 | / |
| van Wechel | 80 | 48 | / |
| van Beesel | 80 | 13 | / |
| von Wiesel | 80 | 12 | / |
| von Weisel | 80 | 6 | / |
| von Wissel | 80 | 4 | / |
| van Wheele | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Vassel | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Wele | 78 | 43 | / |
| von Wissell | 76 | 21 | / |
| van Bezel | 74 | 54 | / |
| van Welle | 74 | 50 | / |
| Van-Wezel | 74 | 3 | / |
| von Weisl | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Wezel | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Weele | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Veele | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Visschel | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Vechel | 70 | 47 | / |
| von Weezel | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Wyle | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wile | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vele | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Beil | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Huele | 63 | 70 | / |
| van Hvell | 63 | 9 | / |
| van Wille | 63 | 2 | / |
| Van-Vezel | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Veal | 56 | 0 | / |
| van Vijle | 53 | 29 | / |
| von Wille | 53 | 10 | / |
| Van-Veyle | 53 | 1 | / |
| van Buyll | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 van Wessel
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