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Where Does The Last Name Wesel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Wesel (Tibetan: འོད་གསལ་) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wesel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Wesel is the 339,513^th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,729,036 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 1,350,955^th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 54 people.

Wesel is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 217,582. In Germany Wesel is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent are found, Bavaria, where 18 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname 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 occurrence of Wesel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wesel last name increased 591 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wesel Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Wesel surname are 2.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US 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.