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Early Origins of the Wesseling family

The surname Wesseling was first found in West Prussia and Pomerelia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Wesseling family

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Wesseling Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wessling, Weseling, Wesseling, Wesslin, Weselin, Wesselin, Weissling, Weisseling, Weiseling, Wesling, Weissling, Weselling and many more.

Early Notables of the Wesseling family

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Wesseling Ranking

Netherlands, the name Wesseling is the 732nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,583 people with that name. 1


Wesseling migration to the United States +



Wesseling Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joh Bern Wesseling, who landed in America in 1849 2
  • Johannes Wesseling, who landed in Iowa in 1868 2


  1. "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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