Whaling is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Whaling
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Whaling

How popular is Whaling?

Whaling is ranked 281241 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Whalings plummeted by 0.9765625 per cent to 507 since 2000 and slipped by 2455 spots and ranked at 42720. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.72 93.36
Others 2.76 1.37
Black 2.56 3.13
Hispanic or Latino 1.78 0
Whaling 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 Canada. Around 1087 people have been found who wears Whaling as their family name. Few people around the world have Whaling as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
17,768 Pakistan1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,132 Australia52
Countries with hundreds of Whaling:
43,935 United States623
19,108 Canada188
37,308 England113
43,624 South Africa110

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Lawrence Whaling worked as plasterer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Fidelia and arrived on February 23, 1846. Maria Whaling, Michael Whaling, 28 years old John Whaling, 30 years old Mary Whaling, Edward Whaling (6 months old) Infant, Frank Whaling, aged 25, Johannah Whaling (22) Farmer, Workman Arthur Whaling, and 3 other Whaling majority of whom were farmer and others worked as workman migrated to US.

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