How common is the last name Whalen?

22,998 people in the United States have the last name Whalen, about 1 in 12,997. It ranks #1,515 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WHALEN

#1,515

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
22,998
About
1 in 12,997
This common or more
44.5%
Who bears it

Of the 22,998 people with the last name Whalen, 90.3% reported their origin as White, 3.3% as two or more races and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Whalen

#1,513 Crockett · 23,014#1,513 Mckinley · 23,014#1,516 Cabral · 22,994#1,517 Shin · 22,958

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Whalen, most common first.

#40,800 Whalin · 577#66,338 Whalon · 322#98,501 Whelen · 197

Also a first name

As a first name, Whalen ranks #33,126 of 53,615, with 251 people. See Whalen as a first name

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