Whelply Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Whelply Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whelply Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:5,491,802273,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Whelply Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whelply has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Whelply click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whelply? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Whelply are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Whelply is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 5,491,802. In The United States Whelply is mostly found in: California, where 21 percent are found, New Jersey, where 14 percent are found and Alaska, where 8 percent are found.

Whelply Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whelply has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 194 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whelply Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whelply last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Whelply earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.24% more than the national average, earning $47,137 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whelpley931,133/
Welply9272/
Whelphley880/
Welpley866/
Whelple860/
Whilply860/
Whalplay800/
Whilpley800/
Wilply770/
Walpley710/
Whilpple671/
Walple621/
Walpple573/

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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 Whelply
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