Wheavil Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Wheavil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wheavil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland231:80,2195,468
England161:3,482,379114,324
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Wheavil Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wheavil Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wheavil is found most frequently in Northern Ireland. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wheavil? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Wheavil occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wheavil are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most widely held in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 80,219. In Northern Ireland Wheavil is most prevalent in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Barring Northern Ireland it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent are found and Scotland, where 5 percent are found.

Wheavil Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wheavil has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wheavil surname rose 533 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weavil92580/
Wheasvill880/
Weavill86181/
Weaveil861/
Wevil834/
Wavil830/
Weaville805/
Wheviell801/
Wevill77190/
Huavil77122/
Weavel7734/
Beavil7719/
Wevile774/
Weevil773/
Whavel771/
Wievil770/
Wavill770/
Weavell7167/
Beavill7130/
Wattvil719/
Whyvill715/
Vwevile715/
Weville714/
Wieviel711/
Wesvill710/
Bevil67995/
Bavil67178/
Wheawell6726/
Vavil6721/
Washvill676/
Wevel675/
Whyville673/
Wavel673/
Vweville672/
Wheivell671/
Vevil671/
Whitvill671/
Whiviell670/
Wivil670/
Wyvil670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wheavil
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