How rare is the last name Phelan?

10,291 people in the United States have the last name Phelan, about 1 in 29,045. It ranks #3,397 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PHELAN

#3,397

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,291
About
1 in 29,045
This common or more
54%
Who bears it

Of the 10,291 people with the last name Phelan, 90.2% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Phelan

#3,395 Beaulieu · 10,296#3,395 Wolford · 10,296#3,398 Mendes · 10,283#3,399 Carman · 10,282

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Phelan, most common first.

#80,054 Phelon · 256

Also a first name

As a first name, Phelan ranks #17,700 of 53,615, with 618 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1996, with 26 births. See Phelan as a first name

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