| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 12 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 4 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 3 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 173 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 7 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 9 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 6 |
| Lancashire | 16 |
| Leicestershire | 5 |
| Lincolnshire | 2 |
| London | 85 |
| Middlesex | 25 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 18 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 17 |
| Oxfordshire | 2 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 9 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 7 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 14 |
| Sussex | 3 |
| Staffordshire | 26 |
| Warwickshire | 3 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 7 |
| Worcestershire | 7 |
| Yorkshire | 24 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| 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 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wheal | 164 |
| John Wheal | 142 |
| William Wheal | 135 |
| George Wheal | 115 |
| Sarah Wheal | 92 |
| James Wheal | 91 |
| Elizabeth Wheal | 85 |
| Charles Wheal | 76 |
| Henry Wheal | 67 |
| Thomas Wheal | 65 |
| Emma Wheal | 51 |
| Joseph Wheal | 50 |
| Ellen Wheal | 47 |
| Frederick Wheal | 47 |
| Jane Wheal | 46 |
| Alice Wheal | 39 |
| Ann Wheal | 39 |
| Arthur Wheal | 39 |
| Eliza Wheal | 39 |
| Emily Wheal | 39 |
| Edward Wheal | 35 |
| Samuel Wheal | 32 |
| Walter Wheal | 29 |
| Annie Wheal | 27 |
| Florence Wheal | 26 |
| 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 |
The surname Wheal is the 5th most popular variant of Whale.