How common is the surname Wessels?

3,805 people in the United States had the surname Wessels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. It ranked 8,641st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wessels?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wessels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wessels getting more or less common?

More common. 3,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,805 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Wessels

A surname, carried by 3,805 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wessels is more common than 94.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,805 people named Wessels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,551.

#8,641

rank among US surnames

3,805

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,541)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142
#8,645	Shanklin	3,804	81,163
#8,646	Weeden	3,803	81,185
#8,648	Burdine	3,802	81,206

Who is named Wessels

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Wessels identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Wessels?: 3,805 people in the United States had the surname Wessels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. It ranked 8,641st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wessels?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wessels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wessels getting more or less common?: More common. 3,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,805 in 2010, up 7.2%.