# Wheaton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wheaton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,202 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,847 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,552 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.2% (8,662 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwiːtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Whedon |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wheaton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wheaton in the United States.

## People named Wheaton

- Wil Wheaton, American actor and writer
- David Wheaton, American author, radio host, columnist, and former tennis player

## Similar surnames

Whitton, Whiten, Wathen, Whitney, Wooten, Whitten, Wooden, Witham, Weeden, Woodham, Witten, Whiddon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.