Wheelan
English
Etymology
Variant of Whelan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiː.lən/, (without the wine–whine merger) /ˈʍiː.lən/
- Rhymes: -iːlən
Proper noun
Wheelan (plural Wheelans)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wheelan is the 58604th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 346 individuals. Wheelan is most common among White (94.22%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wheelan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.