Whelis Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Whelis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Whelis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whelis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whelis is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Whelis.
How Common Is The Last Name Whelis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Whelis is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whelis reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Washington, where 100 percent live. Aside from The United States Whelis exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 33 percent live.
Whelis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Whelis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whelis surname contracted 83 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 Whelis
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