Wesels Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Wesels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Wesels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wesels occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesels? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Wesels live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Wesels is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 50 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent reside and New Zealand, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wessels | 92 | 45,939 | / |
| Wehsels | 92 | 10 | / |
| Weshels | 92 | 3 | / |
| Weasels | 92 | 3 | / |
| Weisels | 92 | 2 | / |
| Weselss | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wessells | 86 | 557 | / |
| Wesselsz | 86 | 25 | / |
| Wesselse | 86 | 19 | / |
| Weiseles | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wuessels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wiessels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wessesls | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wesaells | 86 | 0 | / |
| Weßels | 83 | 859 | / |
| Wexels | 83 | 41 | / |
| Wasels | 83 | 25 | / |
| Wesles | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wecels | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wegels | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vesels | 83 | 1 | / |
| Besels | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weslsh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wessls | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vessels | 77 | 2,021 | / |
| Wissels | 77 | 250 | / |
| Bessels | 77 | 202 | / |
| Weegels | 77 | 190 | / |
| Wessles | 77 | 23 | / |
| Viesels | 77 | 9 | / |
| Vesells | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wesslls | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waasels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wesselz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weselch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weigels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wyssels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wessils | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wassels | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wesless | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wesselsová | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wesselsova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vessells | 71 | 278 | / |
| Beselles | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wesselch | 71 | 2 | / |
| Weichels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veselles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whitsels | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wissells | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vasels | 67 | 30 | / |
| Vosels | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vesselles | 67 | 15 | / |
| Waslsh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vecels | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weslch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bezels | 67 | 2 | / |
| Besles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vezels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vegels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beasls | 67 | 1 | / |
| Begels | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wesels
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