Wissels Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Wissels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 141 | 1:81,536 | 12,817 |
| Netherlands | 99 | 1:170,578 | 24,763 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wissels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wissels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wissels occurs most in Belgium. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissels? popularity and diffusion
Wissels is the 1,014,722nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wissels reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 81,536. In Belgium Wissels is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent live, Walloon Region, where 4 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 40 percent live and Denmark, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiessels | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wissells | 93 | 0 | / |
| Wessels | 86 | 45,939 | / |
| Bissels | 86 | 288 | / |
| Weisels | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wyssels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wessells | 80 | 557 | / |
| Wesselsz | 80 | 25 | / |
| Wesselse | 80 | 19 | / |
| Weiseles | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wessesls | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wuessels | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bissells | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whitsels | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wieles | 77 | 84 | / |
| Wesels | 77 | 5 | / |
| Vessels | 71 | 2,021 | / |
| Wittels | 71 | 407 | / |
| Bessels | 71 | 202 | / |
| Wichels | 71 | 53 | / |
| Wehsels | 71 | 10 | / |
| Viesels | 71 | 9 | / |
| Wesselsová | 71 | 7 | / |
| Whitels | 71 | 4 | / |
| Weasels | 71 | 3 | / |
| Weshels | 71 | 3 | / |
| Boisselles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wesselsova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wesselz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weselss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wailsse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wessils | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vessells | 67 | 278 | / |
| Wails | 67 | 112 | / |
| Weals | 67 | 109 | / |
| Weyls | 67 | 82 | / |
| Weils | 67 | 79 | / |
| Weles | 67 | 56 | / |
| Wuils | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wittelsz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wesselch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whittels | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whils | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weichels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuschels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whels | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wesaells | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woils | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whichels | 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 Wissels
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