Whatley is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Whatley
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Variant of Wheatley. Parishes and places in counties Oxon, Lancaster, Nottingham, etc.

Is variant of Wheatley. One who came from Wheatley, i.e., open place where wheat was grown, the namme of several places in England.

The lastname is a form of Whateley. A chapelry in the parish of Cuddesden, county of Oxford, more usually written Wheatley.

A parish in Somersetshire.

How popular is Whatley?

Whatley is common in United States, England, Australia, Wales, Canada, South Africa.

Whatley is ranked 26866 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whatley bearers increased by 4.89 per cent in 2010 US census to 11579 since 2000, the surname slipped by 101 spots and ranked at 3109. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.44 71.59
Black 22.96 22.3
Hispanic or Latino 4.55 3.87
Others 2.07 1.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.55 0.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.42 0.29
Whatley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 20011 person has been found who wears Whatley as their family name. Whatley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Whatley:
2,871 United States15,819
Countries with thousands of Whatley:
3,348 England2,299
Countries with hundreds of Whatley:
5,593 Australia608
924 Wales373
12,402 Canada315
25,476 South Africa216
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,412 Scotland59
11,975 New Zealand54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,142 Ireland23
767 Guernsey22
174,166 Nigeria22
3,715 Guyana21
219,029 France19
14,725 Qatar19
336,594 Thailand17
256,604 Brazil16
6,078 Cyprus14
235,042 Germany11
39,375 Norway11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
10,839 Northern Ireland8
106,478 Zimbabwe6
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Whatley Namesakes

  • Booker T. Whatley, agricultural professor at Tuskegee University
  • Guy Whatley, American organist and harpsichordist
  • George Whatley, contemporary
  • Pez Whatley, professional wrestler
  • Fez Whatley, American comedian and retired talk radio
  • Steve Whatley, British theatre actor, consumer expert, journalist
  • Ennis Whatley, retired American professional basketball player

Whatley Namesakes

  • Booker T. Whatley, agricultural professor at Tuskegee University
  • Guy Whatley, American organist and harpsichordist
  • George Whatley, contemporary
  • Pez Whatley, professional wrestler
  • Fez Whatley, American comedian and retired talk radio
  • Steve Whatley, British theatre actor, consumer expert, journalist
  • Ennis Whatley, retired American professional basketball player

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