Whelean Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Whelean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Whelean Demographics
Whelean Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Whelean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whelean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whelean occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whelean? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Whelean is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Whelean live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 50 percent are found and Ohio, where 50 percent are found. Apart from The United States Whelean is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent are found and Canada, where 25 percent are found.
Whelean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Whelean has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Whelean Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Whelean
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