Hessel Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cornwall 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 1
Monmouthshire 1
Yorkshire 21
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Hessel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hessel family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 4
Tailor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hessel

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Hessel 20
Elizabeth Hessel 11
Mary Hessel 11
Robert Hessel 11
Sarah Hessel 11
William Hessel 11
John Hessel 8
Hannah Hessel 6
Ann Hessel 4
Charles Hessel 4
Eliza Hessel 4
Frank Hessel 4
Frederick Hessel 4
Ellen Hessel 3
Jessie Hessel 3
Ada Hessel 2
Annie Hessel 2
Cornelius Hessel 2
Emma Hessel 2
Ernest Hessel 2
Florence Hessel 2
Lucy Hessel 2
Pauline Hessel 2
Rebecca Hessel 2
Susan Hessel 2

Hessel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hassal 67% 522
2 Hassel 83% 416
3 Hessell 86% 415
4 Hessel 100% 201
5 Hussel 83% 118

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The surname Hessel is the 4th most popular variant of Hassal.

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