Wheatley is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wheatley
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wheatley

How popular is Wheatley?

Wheatley is common in England.

Wheatley is ranked 15134 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wheatley bearers increased by 3.496735 per cent in 2010 US census to 12520 since 2000, the surname slipped by 135 spots and ranked at 2875. The last name was found in around 42 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.69 85.35
Black 10.85 11.04
Hispanic or Latino 2.04 1.45
Others 1.57 1.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.38
Wheatley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while British Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 34766 people have been found who wears Wheatley as their family name. Wheatley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,183 Thailand7
6,072 China7
1,346 Bermuda6
615,517 Russia6
46,004 Philippines5
9,759 Japan5
7,113 Costa Rica5
381,097 Ukraine4
24,505 Saudi Arabia4
90,211 Germany4
4,915 Panama3
261 Solomon Islands2
1,389 Barbados2
9,185 Hong Kong2
34,572 Israel2
26,123 Malaysia2
21,529 Singapore2
3,014 Taiwan2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
573 Vanuatu1
165,773 Belarus1
810,193 Indonesia1
5,916 Mozambique1
31,584 Peru1
120,357 Argentina1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,190 Bahrain1
15,705 Cameroon1
53,505 Turkey1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,333 Montenegro1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,232 French Polynesia1
3,307 Malta1
17,575 Kuwait1
153,416 Italy1
2,057 Isle of Man1
118,015 Netherlands1
10,683 Cyprus1
47,891 Norway1
34,581 Chile1
7,895 South Korea1
2,505 Congo1
24,176 Qatar1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
353 Cook Islands1
58,885 Poland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
845 The Bahamas28
11,444 Portugal28
20,233 Denmark25
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
813 Jersey22
3,830 Luxembourg20
606 Guernsey18
52,801 United Arab Emirates13
65,188 Czech Republic13
3,940 Nicaragua11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
128 United States Virgin Islands96
15,572 Switzerland72
208,598 India66
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Wheatley:
1,497 Scotland499
744 Jamaica464
973 Wales406
1,450 Ireland371
2,462 New Zealand305
35,533 France282
19,046 Mexico183
13 British Virgin Islands137
24,041 Spain115
2,133 Northern Ireland107
Countries with thousands of Wheatley:
905 Australia3,420
3,039 Canada1,560
4,651 South Africa1,406
Countries with ten thousands of Wheatley:
2,710 United States14,855
704 England10,034
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Ann Wheatley from Great Britain aboard the Metoka from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 30 years old when she arrived in USA on April 5, 1849. Edw. Wheatley (30) Workman, U Wheatley, aged 30, George Wheatley (25) Workman, U Wheatley, 6 months old Thomas Wheatley, 16 years old Margaret Wheatley, Michael Wheatley (20) Workman, U Wheatley (52) , Lady Lucy Wheatley, are other Wheatley that migrated to US from Liverpool, Hamilton and Bermuda.

Wheatley Namesakes

  • Dennis Wheatley, Author
  • Alan Wheatley, Actor
  • Will Wheatley, Jockey
  • Avril Wheatley, Clifford Mollison's wife
  • Barrie Wheatley, Soccer player
  • Alan Wheatley, Actor
  • Ben Wheatley, Director
  • Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer
  • Blane Wheatley, Film actor
  • Mark Wheatley, Writer
  • In 2017, Iris Wheatley portrayed the role of Brooke in drama flick Eric Blair and I.

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