Whileman Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whileman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whileman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England681:819,38343,863
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Whileman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whileman is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Whileman.

How Common Is The Last Name Whileman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whileman is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Whileman reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 819,383. In England it is primarily found in: Derbyshire, where 71 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 13 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 6 percent are found. Not including England this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Whileman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whileman has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Whileman surname expanded 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Whileman
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