Heelan is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heelan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Heelan

How popular is Heelan?

Heelan is ranked 286851 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heelan bearers increased by 2.547771 per cent in 2010 US census to 322 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2106 spots and ranked at 62189. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.48 94.27
Hispanic or Latino 3.11 4.46
Black 1.55 0
Heelan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 1057 people have been found who wears Heelan as their family name. Heelan have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,766 Scotland2
9,498 Iceland1
62,864 New Zealand1
36,678 Singapore1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
277,603 France1
14,373 Jordan1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
103,933 Canada25
Countries with hundreds of Heelan:
51,945 United States507
2,146 Ireland218
17,168 Australia152
31,049 England145

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Richard Heelan from Ireland aboard the Patrick Henry from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on July 24, 1850. Catheren Heelan, aged 20, Catherine Heelan, Workman Daniel Heelan, are others that migrated to US.

Heelan Namesakes

  • Briga Heelan, Actress
  • Briga Heelan, Actress
  • Briga Heelan, Actress

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