Weßels Surname
Approximately 859 people bear this surname
Weßels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 858 | 1:93,829 | 11,738 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Weßels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weßels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weßels occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weßels? popularity and diffusion
Weßels is the 407,382nd most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 8,483,755 people. The surname Weßels occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Weßels are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Weßels is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 858 people, or 1 in 93,829. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 57 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 31 percent reside and Bremen, where 6 percent reside. Barring Germany Weßels exists in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wexels | 83 | 41 | / |
| Wheels | 83 | 35 | / |
| Wecels | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wesels | 83 | 5 | / |
| Weeles | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wessels | 77 | 45,939 | / |
| Wheeles | 77 | 522 | / |
| Wettels | 77 | 211 | / |
| Wehsels | 77 | 10 | / |
| Weshels | 77 | 3 | / |
| Weasels | 77 | 3 | / |
| Weisels | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wheelss | 77 | 2 | / |
| Weselss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weytels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weals | 73 | 109 | / |
| Weyls | 73 | 82 | / |
| Weils | 73 | 79 | / |
| Weles | 73 | 56 | / |
| Whels | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wheeless | 71 | 1,351 | / |
| Wessells | 71 | 557 | / |
| Wesselsz | 71 | 25 | / |
| Wesselse | 71 | 19 | / |
| Weiseles | 71 | 7 | / |
| Wessesls | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wuessels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wiessels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weichels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wesaells | 71 | 0 | / |
| Beeles | 67 | 217 | / |
| Wheals | 67 | 154 | / |
| Weales | 67 | 116 | / |
| Wieles | 67 | 84 | / |
| Weills | 67 | 77 | / |
| Welese | 67 | 55 | / |
| Wealls | 67 | 37 | / |
| Wasels | 67 | 25 | / |
| Wheelless | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bißels | 67 | 13 | / |
| Welesz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wheles | 67 | 8 | / |
| Whells | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vecels | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wehles | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weiles | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bezels | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whelsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wgells | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weyles | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wealsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Besels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weilss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weless | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vesels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vehels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vezels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vetels | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weihls | 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
- 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 Weßels
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