How common is the surname Wheaton?

9,202 people in the United States had the surname Wheaton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wheaton?

Wil Wheaton, American actor and writer, followed by David Wheaton.

Where is the surname Wheaton most common?

Wikidata records people named Wheaton in the United States.

How do you pronounce Wheaton?

Wheaton is /ˈwiːtən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wheaton getting more or less common?

More common. 8,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Wheaton

A surname, carried by 9,202 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwiːtən/ 2 syllables Soundex W350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wheaton is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,202 people named Wheaton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,662.

#3,847

rank among US surnames

9,202

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,758)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,838	Javier	9,226	33,465
#3,839	Demers	9,225	33,468
#3,840	Biddle	9,219	33,490
#3,841	Brill	9,215	33,505
#3,843	Shay	9,212	33,516
#3,844	Farrington	9,211	33,519
#3,846	Coble	9,204	33,545

Who is named Wheaton

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Wheaton identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wheatons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wil Wheaton
American actor and writer, born 1972
David Wheaton
American author, radio host, columnist, and former tennis player, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Whedon

Surnames that sound like Wheaton

Wheaton has the Soundex code W350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W350.

Questions

How common is the surname Wheaton?: 9,202 people in the United States had the surname Wheaton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wheaton?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Wheaton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wheaton?: Wil Wheaton, American actor and writer, followed by David Wheaton.
Where is the surname Wheaton most common?: Wikidata records people named Wheaton in the United States.
How do you pronounce Wheaton?: Wheaton is /ˈwiːtən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Wheaton getting more or less common?: More common. 8,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, up 6.2%.
What are other spellings of Wheaton?: Whedon.