Wassel Surname
Approximately 2,887 people bear this surname
Wassel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,312 | 1:70,073 | 6,466 |
| United States | 1,140 | 1:317,946 | 29,031 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Germany | 76 | 1:1,059,282 | 71,604 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 56 | 1:896,762 | 54,350 |
The alternate forms: Wassél (5) are calculated separately.
Wassel (201) may also be a first name.
Wassel Demographics
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Wassel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wassel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺻﻞ) occurs most in Egypt. It may also appear as: Wassél. For other potential spellings of Wassel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 152,436th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,524,263 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Wassel live; 53 percent live in North Africa and 45 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 639,077th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 201 people.
The last name Wassel is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,312 people, or 1 in 70,073. Not including Egypt it is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent live and Morocco, where 7 percent live.
Wassel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wassel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wassel last name expanded 2,036 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 7 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wassel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wassel surname are 6.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.3% being registered to vote for the political party.
Wassel earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.63% more than the national average, earning $49,030 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wassel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wassel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺻﻞ | wasl | - |
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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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- 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 Wassel
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