Whitchell Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Whitchell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Whitchell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whitchell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whitchell is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whitchell? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Whitchell is primarily found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Whitchell reside; 55 percent reside in Australasia and 55 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
This last name is most frequent in Australia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,499,284. In Australia Whitchell is mostly found in: Victoria, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Australia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Whitchell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Whitchell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitchell last name declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 86 percent between 1881 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
- 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 Whitchell
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