Explore the Family Name Wesselmann

The meaning of Wesselmann

German: 1. elaborated form of Wessel. 2. habitational name for someone from Wessel in Westphalia or Wesseln near Hildesheim. 3. from a pet form of the personal name Werner, which in the forms Wessela and Wessle is also recorded as a female and a Jewish personal name in the Middle Ages. 4. occupational name for a trader or moneychanger, from Middle Low German wessele ‘trade’, ‘exchange’ + man ‘man’.

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How common is the last name Wesselmann in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Wesselmann increased between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname elevated from 69,428th in 2000 to 64,559th in 2010, marking a positive shift of 7.01%. Simultaneously, the number of people with the Wesselmann surname rose by 16.67%, increasing from 264 to 308 individuals. However, the proportion of people with this surname remained constant at 0.1 per 100,000 people during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,428	#64,559	7.01%
Count	264	308	16.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wesselmann

Diving into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Wesselmann, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of bearers are identified as White, with a slight decrease from 97.35% in 2000 to 96.10% in 2010. There was no reported data for individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there was an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races by 2010, accounting for 1.95% of people with the Wesselmann surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.35%	96.1%	-1.28%
Two or More Races	0%	1.95%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%