View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Whelahan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Whelahan is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Whelahan.

How Common Is The Last Name Whelahan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,907,068^th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Whelahan live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 4,769,196. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 22 percent are found, Connecticut, where 18 percent are found and Tennessee, where 13 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Whelahan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Whelahan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whelahan last name grew 292 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 62 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Whelahan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Whelahan surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Whelahan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.07% more than the national average, earning $51,378 USD per year.