Whennan Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Whennan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Whennan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whennan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whennan is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whennan? popularity and diffusion
Whennan is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Whennan reside; 97 percent reside in Australasia and 97 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
This surname is most common in Australia, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 899,857. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: South Australia, where 60 percent live, Victoria, where 17 percent live and New South Wales, where 13 percent live. Barring Australia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.
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Whennan Reference & Research
Wennen FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Whennan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis