The Hensel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,445 people carried this name — #5,816 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,500 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
276 people named Hensel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 377 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
175 people named Hensel live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Hensel.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hensel.
- Henrich 2,700 · U.S. census
- Henrion 259 · U.S. census
- Henrique 244 · U.S. census
- Henriques 2,455 · U.S. census
- Henry 161,392 · U.S. census
- Hens 218 · U.S. census
- Hensgen 158 · U.S. census
- Hentges 1,613 · U.S. census
- Hentsch 124 · U.S. census
- Hentz 1,778 · U.S. census
- Hentzen 201 · U.S. census
- Heon 509 · U.S. census
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