Surname Heshel (Heshel 
, השל 
, העשיל ) , in the entire world, is a very rare last name. The family name Heshel is habitual in Israel, where it is a rare surname, New Zealand, where it is a very rare surname, and Venezuela, where it is an extremely rare surname. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Israel, the United States, and New Zealand. Likewise, Heshel is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Heshel | Philippines, Mexico, United States, India, New Zealand |
| השל, העשיל | Israel |
| avraham yehoshua heshel Hasidic rabbi, PL (b. 1748) |
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| abraham joshua heshel Socond Kopishnitzer Rebbe, UA (b. 1888) |
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