| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 16 |
| Cheshire | 80 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 36 |
| Derbyshire | 5 |
| Devon | 4 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 39 |
| Essex | 13 |
| Gloucestershire | 6 |
| Hampshire | 19 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 9 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 13 |
| Lancashire | 793 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 |
| London | 207 |
| Middlesex | 6 |
| Northumberland | 6 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 6 |
| Nottinghamshire | 5 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 17 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 12 |
| Sussex | 12 |
| Staffordshire | 15 |
| Warwickshire | 52 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 3 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 228 |
| Anglesey | 1 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 41 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 24 |
| Pembrokeshire | 6 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 352 |
| General Labourer | 44 |
| Labourer | 29 |
| Domestic Servant | 19 |
| Cooper | 16 |
| Laundress | 13 |
| Tailor | 13 |
| Cotton Weaver | 13 |
| General Servant | 11 |
| Dress Maker | 10 |
| House Keeper | 9 |
| Dock Labourer | 9 |
| Bricklayer Labourer | 8 |
| Nil | 7 |
| Railway Porter | 7 |
| Servant | 7 |
| Labourer In Iron Works | 7 |
| Annuitant | 6 |
| Machinist | 6 |
| Brick Layer | 6 |
| Coal Miner | 6 |
| Painter | 6 |
| Labourer Dock | 5 |
| Servant Domestic | 5 |
| Iron Ore Miner | 5 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Whelan | 1,062 |
| John Whelan | 981 |
| James Whelan | 569 |
| William Whelan | 498 |
| Thomas Whelan | 476 |
| Margaret Whelan | 392 |
| Elizabeth Whelan | 365 |
| Patrick Whelan | 359 |
| Catherine Whelan | 290 |
| Ellen Whelan | 289 |
| Joseph Whelan | 252 |
| Michael Whelan | 240 |
| Sarah Whelan | 204 |
| Ann Whelan | 174 |
| Bridget Whelan | 172 |
| Annie Whelan | 156 |
| Edward Whelan | 156 |
| Jane Whelan | 140 |
| George Whelan | 128 |
| Alice Whelan | 119 |
| Peter Whelan | 99 |
| Richard Whelan | 97 |
| Eliza Whelan | 93 |
| Daniel Whelan | 85 |
| Julia Whelan | 77 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whelan | 100% | 10,740 |
| 2 | Whalen | 67% | 2,073 |
| 3 | Whalan | 83% | 949 |
| 4 | Wheelan | 86% | 678 |
| 5 | Whilan | 83% | 424 |
| 6 | Whalin | 67% | 317 |
| 7 | Whealan | 86% | 229 |
| 8 | Whelen | 83% | 195 |
| 9 | Wellan | 67% | 182 |
| 10 | Whelon | 83% | 151 |
| 11 | Whellan | 86% | 116 |
| 12 | Wheelen | 71% | 107 |
The surname Whelan is the most popular version of all its varients