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

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

How popular is Wheelan?

Wheelan is ranked 311716 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wheelan bearers increased by 6.134969 per cent in 2010 US census to 346 since 2000, the surname slipped by 347 spots and ranked at 58604. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.22 94.79
Black 2.89 1.84
Hispanic or Latino 2.02 0
Wheelan is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Scotland have the last name. Around 942 people have been found who wears Wheelan as their family name. Wheelan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
67,494 South Africa3
131,225 Spain2
62,864 New Zealand1
77,122 Sweden1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
40,340 Malaysia1
277,603 France1
19,810 Croatia1
2,374 Bermuda1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,387 Ireland22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
47,259 Canada66
34,647 Australia63
Countries with hundreds of Wheelan:
57,398 United States449
21,711 England237

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Wheelan worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Espindola and arrived on June 1, 1846. Farmer George Wheelan, 28 years old Ann Wheelan, George Wheelan, aged 6, 3 years old William Wheelan, Mary-Ann Wheelan, aged Born at sea, James Wheelan (20) Workman, Rosey Wheelan, aged 18, 20 years old Catherine Wheelan, and 212 other Wheelan around 42.74% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, carpenter, barrel maker/ cooper, servant, shoemaker, butcher migrated to US.

Wheelan Namesakes

  • Brooks Wheelan, Comedian
  • Brooks Wheelan, Comedian
  • Brooks Wheelan, Comedian
  • Charles Wheelan, Author
  • Ed Wheelan, Writer
  • Ed Wheelan, Writer

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