Wholihan Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Wholihan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wholihan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Ireland141:336,35312,021
England61:9,286,343223,652
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland301:147,6628,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Wholihan Last Name Facts

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

Wholihan has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wholihan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wholihan is the 1,527,735th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Wholihan reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 3,265,396. In The United States Wholihan is most numerous in: Ohio, where 14 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 10 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Wholihan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wholihan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wholihan last name expanded 444 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 53 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wholihan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wholihan last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Wholihan are 26.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Wholihan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.6% more than the national average, earning $46,427 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 Wholihan
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