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

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

How popular is Whelton?

Whelton is ranked 220294 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wheltons plummeted by 15.65217 per cent to 388 since 2000 and slipped by 9213 spots and ranked at 53316. 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 90.98 96.52
Hispanic or Latino 4.64 2.39
Others 3.87 0
Whelton 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 Ireland. Around 1515 people have been found who wears Whelton as their family name. Whelton have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
131,225 Spain2
277,603 France1
169,904 Brazil1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,692 Scotland33
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
Countries with hundreds of Whelton:
41,143 United States673
1,603 Ireland328
22,078 England231
24,443 Canada142

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 34 years old workman Thomas Whelton who was residing in Co.Clare, Ireland migrated to New-York on June 18, 1846 by Liverpool put out from Unknown. Workman Cornelius Whelton, 22 years old Nelly Whelton, 21 years old Ellen Whelton, are others that migrated to US.

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