Whelligan Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Whelligan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whelligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Whelligan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Whelligan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Whelligan occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whelligan? popularity and diffusion

Whelligan is the 2,944,094th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. Whelligan is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Whelligan reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 61 percent reside in British Isles.

Whelligan is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England it is most common in: Merseyside, where 67 percent are found, Cheshire, where 11 percent are found and City of Bristol, where 11 percent are found. Besides England Whelligan occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent are found and New Zealand, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welligan9410/
Wheeligan890/
Weligan882/
Willigan82120/
Wellygan824/
Wolligan820/
Willighan7829/
Whalighan780/
Wheleghan780/
Wollighan780/
Beligan75845/
Welygan7567/
Veligan7535/
Weligam751/
Wheeleghan740/
Wilhigan713/
Beliggan711/
Wiligang711/
Valligan711/
Wilighan711/
Willegan710/
Wallegan710/
Belaighan671/
Vallaigan671/

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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
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  • 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 Whelligan
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