Wheelock Surname Global Distribution Map
We arrive at blog number 10 and in keeping with my 1 a week blog I am trying to keep the interest, I haven’t forgotten that I have 2 outstanding blogs as promised previously. One for South Africa and One for Nicaragua but they are coming. it has taken me longer to write and with the current virus quarantine and being stuck indoors I haven’t had much motivation.
However I got this one completed and without further ado the following blog is statistical research and global distribution for the Wheelock surname.
It is the 82,088th most common surname in the World. In terms of the global population about Approximately 5,923 people bear this surname.
But before we see the current information; lets go back to the beginning:
In the 1880’s the biggest prevalence of the name was in two countries
The USA and in England:
The highest prevalence in the USA was Massachusetts
With 382 incidence of the name and a frequency of 1 in 4671 persons.
In 2014 the highest prevalence in the USA was California with 570 Incidences of the name and a frequency of 1 in 73128
In England
The highest prevalence in England was Worcestershire with 26 incidences of the name and the frequency was 1 in 14,660.
In 2014 the highest prevalence in England was Hertfordshire with Incidences of the name and a frequency of 1 in 73128
Around the same time Ireland had the 3rd highest incidences with Wexford which had 17 incidences of the name and a frequency of 1 in 6,119
In 2014 the highest prevalence in Ireland was Wexford with 20 Incidences of the name and a frequency of 1 in 7257
Globally in 2014 the expansion of the surname was as follows:
The top 10 countries where Wheelock is located:
| United States | 5,368 | 1:67,532 | 7,824 |
| Nicaragua | 149 | 1:40,410 | 1,297 |
| Australia | 76 | 1:355,207 | 30,022 |
| Canada | 70 | 1:526,367 | 44,429 |
| England | 66 | 1:844,213 | 44,875 |
| Guatemala | 57 | 1:282,152 | 4,373 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,796 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,234 | 8,753 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,273 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,591 |
The remaining countries are as follows
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,515 | 132,336 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,390 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,863 | 92,654 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,670 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,160 | 452,386 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,745,523 | 302,943 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,253 | 190,758 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,242 | 65,417 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,360 | 76,883 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,780 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,733 | 47,053 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,416 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,881,472 | 156,421 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,549 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,274 |
MOST PREVALENT IN:
United States
HIGHEST DENSITY IN:
Nicaragua
A curious result of the research was Wheelock used as a forename (first name)
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
| Hong Kong | 409 | 1:18,722 | 1,541 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,328,347 | 265,686 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:33,412,152 | 113,828 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,018,650 | 34,175 |
There are other variations of the surname, but the above information is the most prevalent and interesting of the Wheelock name.
Sources:
Forebears website https://forebears.io/
National Archives of Ireland https://www.nationalarchives.ie/
National Archives https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura http://www.inc.gob.ni/bibliotecas-y-archivos/