Phelan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Phelan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Phelan

How popular is Phelan?

Phelan is common in United States.

Phelan is ranked 15808 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Phelan bearers increased by 2.117374 per cent in 2010 US census to 10562 since 2000, the surname slipped by 201 spots and ranked at 3382. The last name was found in around 36 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.98 94.75
Hispanic or Latino 2.87 1.78
Others 1.44 1.26
Black 1.3 1.12
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.52
Phelan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 33204 people have been found who wears Phelan as their family name. Phelan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
6,235 Costa Rica7
615,517 Russia6
32,086 Mexico3
6,266 Luxembourg2
23,344 Austria2
41,879 Turkey2
993 Guernsey2
34,572 Israel2
15,999 Slovakia2
26,532 Chile2
723,167 Indonesia2
65,594 Belgium2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,777 Jersey2
18,625 Japan2
13,552 Qatar2
7,847 Albania1
174,544 Czech Republic1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
1,704,541 India1
53,033 Nigeria1
37,779 Serbia1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
49,101 Denmark1
8,181 Botswana1
1,254 Gibraltar1
42,479 Greece1
20,172 Hungary1
9,498 Iceland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
28,365 Kenya1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
2,374 Bermuda1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
2,613 The Bahamas1
13,447 Uganda1
492,292 Ukraine1
25,721 Egypt1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
7,175 Singapore41
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
9,524 Portugal37
28,564 Switzerland36
49,393 Netherlands35
32,811 Sweden29
699 Isle of Man21
5,663 Thailand18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
72,056 Italy78
35,826 Spain64
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Phelan:
7,835 South Africa822
4,038 Venezuela452
2,393 New Zealand315
2,391 Scotland289
1,132 Northern Ireland262
43,536 Germany235
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
2,337 Wales169
Countries with thousands of Phelan:
104 Ireland6,759
1,758 England4,512
1,097 Australia2,874
2,937 Canada1,633
Countries with ten thousands of Phelan:
2,865 United States14,024
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Edw. Phelan from Ireland aboard the Cornet from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in USA on May 18, 1846. Catherine Phelan (23), Ann Phelan, James Phelan (23) Workman, Immigrant Mary Phelan, Patrick Phelan, aged 25, Workman Thomas Phelan, Shoemaker Ml. Phelan, Eliza Phelan, aged 20, and 400 other Phelan around 46.75% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, seamstress, spinster, wheelright, clerk, dressmaker migrated to US.

Phelan Namesakes

  • Brittany Phelan, Alpine skier
  • Alina Phelan, Actress
  • L.A.M. Phelan, Businessman
  • Shawn Phelan, Television actor
  • John Paul Phelan, Irish Politician
  • Brittany Phelan, Alpine skier
  • Ann Phelan, Politician
  • Ann Phelan, Politician
  • John Paul Phelan, Irish Politician
  • Dax Phelan, Film producer

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