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

Whelby is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

Whelby is the 2,909,720^th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Whelby live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 1,638,766. In England Whelby is primarily concentrated in: Lancashire, where 74 percent are found, Devon, where 24 percent are found and Merseyside, where 3 percent are found. Aside from England it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Whelby Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Whelby has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Whelby surname rose 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.