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wessel Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch and German: from a pet form of the personal name Werner.
  2. German: habitational name from Wessel in Saxony.

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Distribution of wessel Families in the US in 1920
Number of wessel families
 62-121
 21-61
 1-20
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