Whalen Surname
Approximately 40,699 people bear this surname
Whalen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33,177 | 1:10,925 | 1,339 |
| Canada | 5,926 | 1:6,218 | 909 |
| England | 702 | 1:79,370 | 8,866 |
| Australia | 386 | 1:69,937 | 8,284 |
| Scotland | 236 | 1:22,686 | 2,561 |
| New Zealand | 87 | 1:52,050 | 8,333 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 64 | 1:69,217 | 5,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 258 | 1:94,478 | 9,706 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,478 | 1:5,923 | 741 |
Whalen (272) may also be a first name.
Whalen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For Whelan, q.v.
(Irish) Grandson of Faolan (little wolf).
User-submitted Reference
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name O'Faolain, meaning a 'male descendant of Faolan', itself a personal name meaning 'young wolf'.
- rayjWhalen Demographics
Average Male Whalen Height
177.69 cm
Average Female Whalen Height
163.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Whalen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whalen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whalen (Arabic: والن) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Whalen.
How Common Is The Last Name Whalen? popularity and diffusion
Whalen is the 13,715th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 179,060 people. Whalen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Whalen live; 96 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 538,995th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 272 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 33,177 people, or 1 in 10,925. In The United States Whalen is mostly found in: New York, where 11 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Massachusetts, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 15 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Whalen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Whalen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whalen surname rose 391 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 272 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 2,622 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Whalen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (92%) in Ireland.
In The United States Whalen are 6.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.22% registered with the political party.
The amount Whalen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.29% more than the national average, earning R 328,620 per year; in United States they earn 10.04% more than the national average, earning $47,482 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.14% less than the national average, earning $47,128 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Whalen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Whalen in the Arabic language | ||
| والن | waln | - |
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