| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 3 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 6 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 20 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 13 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 7 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 7 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 10 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 17 |
| Railway Labourer | 3 |
| General Labourer | 2 |
| Worsted Weaver | 2 |
| Private R M L I | 1 |
| General Labourer Coal M | 1 |
| Dress Labourer | 1 |
| Labourer | 1 |
| Bricklayer Labourer | 1 |
| Chemist Assistant | 1 |
| Cotton Rover | 1 |
| Domestic Help | 1 |
| Domestic Servant | 1 |
| Grocer Assistant | 1 |
| Grocer Master | 1 |
| Maker Up Hand | 1 |
| Tailor | 1 |
| Domastic Servant | 1 |
| General Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Public Company Clerk | 1 |
| Collier | 1 |
| Domestic | 1 |
| Furnce Stokeman | 1 |
| Coal Miner | 1 |
| Tailoress | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Whelen | 23 |
| John Whelen | 16 |
| Thomas Whelen | 11 |
| Ann Whelen | 9 |
| Elizabeth Whelen | 6 |
| Margaret Whelen | 6 |
| Bridget Whelen | 5 |
| James Whelen | 5 |
| Annie Whelen | 4 |
| Catherine Whelen | 4 |
| Edward Whelen | 4 |
| Emily Whelen | 4 |
| Hannah Whelen | 4 |
| Michael Whelen | 4 |
| Patrick Whelen | 4 |
| Ellen Whelen | 3 |
| Ernest Whelen | 3 |
| Frederick Whelen | 3 |
| George Whelen | 3 |
| Herbert Whelen | 3 |
| Joseph Whelen | 3 |
| William Whelen | 3 |
| Alice Whelen | 2 |
| Anne Whelen | 2 |
| Charles Whelen | 2 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whelan | 83% | 10,740 |
| 2 | Whalen | 83% | 2,073 |
| 3 | Whalan | 67% | 949 |
| 4 | Wheelan | 71% | 678 |
| 5 | Whilan | 67% | 424 |
| 6 | Whalin | 67% | 317 |
| 7 | Whealan | 71% | 229 |
| 8 | Whelen | 100% | 195 |
| 9 | Wellan | 50% | 182 |
| 10 | Whelon | 83% | 151 |
| 11 | Whellan | 71% | 116 |
| 12 | Wheelen | 86% | 107 |
The surname Whelen is the 8th most popular variant of Whelan.