Whan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 9
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Whan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Agricultural Labourer 2
Sea Cooping Foreman 1
Retired Farmer 1
Apprentice Confectioner 1
Coachman 1
Coachman Domestic 1
Coachmans Wife 1
Donkey Dealer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Whan 17
James Whan 15
John Whan 14
Joseph Whan 8
William Whan 8
Elizabeth Whan 7
Robert Whan 7
George Whan 6
Samuel Whan 5
Edith Whan 4
Ellen Whan 4
Emily Whan 4
Jane Whan 4
Agnes Whan 3
Ann Whan 3
Charles Whan 3
Eliza Whan 3
Emma Whan 3
Hannah Whan 3
Janet Whan 3
Margaret Whan 3
Walter Whan 3
Florence Whan 2
Grace Whan 2
Lydia Whan 2

Whan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wheen 60% 409
2 Whone 60% 245
3 Whan 100% 186
4 Whin 75% 155
5 When 75% 117

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The surname Whan is the 3rd most popular variant of Wheen.

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