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
Average Wassel Salary in
United States
$49,030 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wassel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wassel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺻﻞ) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Wassél. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassel? popularity and diffusion
Wassel is the 152,436th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,524,263 people. Wassel is predominantly 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 prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 201 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 1,312 people, or 1 in 70,073. Barring Egypt it exists in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 39 percent live and Morocco, where 7 percent live.
Wassel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wassel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wassel last name rose 2,036 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 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 with the Republican Party than the national 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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- 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 Wassel
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