Whellum Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Whellum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 93 | 1:290,276 | 25,669 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Whellum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whellum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Whellum is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whellum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Whellum is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Whellum are found; 96 percent are found in Australasia and 96 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name Whellum is most widely held in Australia, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 290,276. In Australia Whellum is most prevalent in: South Australia, where 68 percent are found, New South Wales, where 14 percent are found and Queensland, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Australia it is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 4 percent are found.
Whellum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Whellum has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellum | 92 | 161 | / |
| Whelum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wellaum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wheelum | 86 | 0 | / |
| Welum | 83 | 14 | / |
| Wallum | 77 | 489 | / |
| Wollum | 77 | 471 | / |
| Whalum | 77 | 179 | / |
| Willum | 77 | 158 | / |
| Wahlum | 77 | 10 | / |
| Welaum | 77 | 7 | / |
| Weilum | 77 | 2 | / |
| Whelun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whelom | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wheallund | 75 | 0 | / |
| Willium | 71 | 7,086 | / |
| Hvillum | 71 | 142 | / |
| Bjellum | 71 | 24 | / |
| Whitlum | 71 | 23 | / |
| Willaum | 71 | 23 | / |
| Wallium | 71 | 7 | / |
| Willuhm | 71 | 2 | / |
| Walloum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wheelom | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wollhum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wilheum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Whellon | 71 | 0 | / |
| Willaume | 67 | 1,345 | / |
| Belum | 67 | 483 | / |
| Walum | 67 | 229 | / |
| Wolum | 67 | 128 | / |
| Velum | 67 | 78 | / |
| Welom | 67 | 33 | / |
| Welun | 67 | 28 | / |
| Williaum | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wilum | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wylum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wheelund | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wheellon | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woillume | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Whellum
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