Wesselman Surname

282,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wesselman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wesselman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8211:441,48537,938
Netherlands3911:43,1907,341
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Niger241:799,66718,510
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
England71:7,959,723202,100
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

Wesselman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wesselman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wesselman is most common in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wesselman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 282,110th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,331,050 people. The last name Wesselman occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Wesselman live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 821 people, or 1 in 441,485. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Kentucky, where 14 percent are found, Ohio, where 9 percent are found and Illinois, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 29 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.

Wesselman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wesselman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wesselman last name increased 1,440 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wesselman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wesselman last name are 25.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.61% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wesselman earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 35.29% more than the national average, earning R 321,504 per year; in United States they earn 9.67% more than the national average, earning $47,320 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.63% more than the national average, earning $56,952 CAD per year.

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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 Wesselman
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