Wheelihan Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Wheelihan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wheelihan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:4,474,802235,715
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Wheelihan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wheelihan is most common in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wheelihan? popularity and diffusion

Wheelihan is the 1,894,523rd most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. Wheelihan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Wheelihan live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wheelihan is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 4,474,802. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 33 percent reside, Florida, where 22 percent reside and Hawaii, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Wheelihan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wheelihan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wheelihan last name grew 405 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wheelihan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wheelihan are 36.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 89.47% registered with the party.

The amount Wheelihan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.85% less than the national average, earning $40,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $50,120 CAD per year.

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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 Wheelihan
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