Wesel Surname
Approximately 1,083 people bear this surname
Wesel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 370 | 1:217,582 | 24,518 |
| United States | 278 | 1:1,303,809 | 91,323 |
| Netherlands | 173 | 1:97,614 | 15,899 |
| Belgium | 163 | 1:70,532 | 11,263 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
Wesel (54) may also be a first name.
Wesel Demographics
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Wesel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wesel (Tibetan: འོད་གསལ་) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Wesel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 339,513th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. The last name Wesel is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Wesel are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,350,955th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 54 people.
The last name Wesel is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 370 people, or 1 in 217,582. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent are found, Bavaria, where 18 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 16 percent are found.
Wesel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wesel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wesel last name grew 591 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wesel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wesel last name are 2.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.79% registered to vote for the political party.
Wesel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.38% more than the national average, earning $44,606 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wesel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wesel in the Tibetan language | ||
| འོད་གསལ་ | ösal | - |
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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 Wesel
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