Whele Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Whele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Whele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whele is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Whele is the 4,427,875th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Whele live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.
This last name is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 47 percent live, West Midlands, where 33 percent live and Staffordshire, where 20 percent live. Not including England this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
Whele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Whele has changed through the years. In The United States it contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Whele
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