Wheal Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wheal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wheal family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 11
Agricultural Labourer 7
Scholar 5
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 5
Farm Labourer General 5
Living On Own Means 4
General Servant Domestic 4
Carpenter 3
Dress Maker 3
Servant Domestic 3
Horseman On Farm 3
Water Works Labourer 3
Domestic Servant 2
General Domestic 2
General Servant 2
House Boy Domestic 2
Gardener Domestic 2
Blast Furnaceman 2
Dressmaker 2
Bricklayer 2
Cook Domestic 2
Domestic General Servant 2
Labourer Farm Agricultural 2
Timber Carter 2
Watchman 2

Wheal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whale 60% 12,604
2 While 40% 5,820
3 Weale 60% 5,062
4 Weal 80% 3,154
5 Wheal 100% 2,517
6 Wheel 80% 1,462
7 Wheale 83% 1,154
8 Weall 60% 907
9 Whole 40% 471
10 Wheele 67% 342

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The surname Wheal is the 5th most popular variant of Whale.

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