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

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

How popular is Whalen?

Whalen is common in United States.

Whalen is ranked 14533 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whalen bearers increased by 2.622452 per cent in 2010 US census to 24262 since 2000, the surname slipped by 93 spots and ranked at 1470. The last name was found in around 82 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.29 94.37
Hispanic or Latino 2.09 1.43
Black 2.02 2.09
Others 1.43 1.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.47 0.47
Whalen is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Canada is ahead in terms of density. Around 36295 people have been found who wears Whalen as their family name. Whalen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
6,072 China7
1,346 Bermuda6
8,411 Costa Rica4
11,480 Japan4
90,215 Germany3
108,034 Italy3
184,212 France3
147,165 Czech Republic2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
54,135 Philippines2
4,367 Afghanistan2
2,613 The Bahamas1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
30,360 Thailand1
14,618 Guyana1
810,193 Indonesia1
31,584 Peru1
107,212 South Africa1
1,704,541 India1
81,201 Switzerland1
7,895 South Korea1
36,678 Singapore1
49,101 Denmark1
2,505 Congo1
24,771 Colombia1
169,904 Brazil1
7,110 Bosnia1
91,024 Belgium1
10,190 Bahrain1
6,820 Angola1
12,741 Ecuador1
3,993 El Salvador1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
56,169 Mexico1
40,340 Malaysia1
14,373 Jordan1
31,207 Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
2,578 Guam1
11,486 Estonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,947 Netherlands31
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,953 New Zealand90
Countries with hundreds of Whalen:
11,178 England559
6,861 Australia420
3,984 Scotland151
Countries with thousands of Whalen:
904 Canada5,532
Countries with ten thousands of Whalen:
1,315 United States29,434
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Servant Thomas Whalen from Ireland aboard the Robert Parks from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in USA on May 25, 1846. Workman John Whalen, 26 years old Catherine Whalen, Maid Betty Whalen, William Whalen (18) Workman, 21 years old Joseph Whalen, Laurence Whalen, aged 20, 22 years old Ann Whalen, James Whalen, aged 28, and 149 other Whalen around 39.6% of whom were workman while others worked as blacksmith and farmer, spinster, smith, saddler, mechanic, mason migrated to US.

Whalen Namesakes

  • Tom Whalen, Soccer player
  • Dianne Whalen, Canadian Politician
  • Ed Whalen, Television personality
  • Mike Whalen, Coach
  • Corie C. Whalen, Politician
  • Philip Whalen, Poet
  • Deb Whalen, Film Score Composer
  • Grover Whalen, Politician
  • Dianne Whalen, Canadian Politician
  • Diana Whalen, Canadian Politician
  • In 2017, Jean Whalen played the role of Madison McFall in action and adventure flick Dekiru: The Three Stones.

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