Wherley Surname
Approximately 914 people bear this surname
Wherley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 893 | 1:405,889 | 35,401 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 129 | 1:389,292 | 29,048 |
Wherley (37) may also be a first name.
Wherley Demographics
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Wherley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wherley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wherley has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wherley? popularity and diffusion
Wherley is the 388,118th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,973,245 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Wherley live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,688,769th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 37 people.
The last name Wherley is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 893 people, or 1 in 405,889. In The United States Wherley is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 23 percent are found, Minnesota, where 11 percent are found and Illinois, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The United States Wherley exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Wherley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wherley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wherley last name expanded 692 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 63 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wherley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wherley surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Wherley last name are 18.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.74% registered to vote for the party.
Wherley earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.42% less than the national average, earning $42,537 USD per year.
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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 Wherley
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