Kessel Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Kessel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kessel family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Apprentice Shoe Maker 1
Female Servant 1
Printer's Apprentice 1
Shoe Maker 1
Tin Miner 1
Tobacconist 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kessel

Name Census Frequency
Mary Kessel 26
William Kessel 24
John Kessel 20
Elizabeth Kessel 16
Eliza Kessel 11
Jane Kessel 11
Henry Kessel 10
James Kessel 10
Thomas Kessel 10
Ann Kessel 8
Edward Kessel 7
Richard Kessel 7
Robert Kessel 7
Catherine Kessel 6
Edwin Kessel 6
Emma Kessel 5
Albert Kessel 4
Alice Kessel 4
Annie Kessel 4
Charles Kessel 4
Ellen Kessel 4
Francis Kessel 4
Helen Kessel 4
Maria Kessel 4
Stephen Kessel 4

Kessel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kessell 86% 1,257
2 Kestle 50% 1,089
3 Kessel 100% 368
4 Kessele 86% 247

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The surname Kessel is the 3rd most popular variant of Kessell.

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