Wheway Surname

664,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wheway Surname User-submission:

The Wheway surname comes from Old English for 'waterwheel'.

Wheway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3141:177,44616,095
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Australia341:793,99150,673
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Wales121:257,87814,969
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1921:126,95511,883
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wheway Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Wheway surname comes from Old English for 'waterwheel'.

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Wheway Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wheway is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wheway? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 664,903rd most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Wheway live; 74 percent live in Northern Europe and 73 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Wheway is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 177,446. In England it is mostly found in: West Midlands, where 11 percent live, Derbyshire, where 11 percent live and Leicestershire, where 9 percent live. Other than England Wheway exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Wheway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wheway has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wheway surname rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wheway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wheway are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Wheway earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $41,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.72% less than the national average, earning $43,862 CAD per year.

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Wheway Reference & Research

Wheway DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Wheway 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
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Wheway
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