Vessen Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Vessen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Vessén (2) are calculated separately.
Vessen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vessen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vessen (Russian: Вессен) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Vessén. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vessen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vessen is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Vessen live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Vessen is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Vessen is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Vessen exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Russia, where 13 percent are found.
Vessen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Vessen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vessen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vessen in the Russian language | ||
| Вессен | vessen | - |
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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 Vessen
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