Wheaton Family History
Wheaton Name Meaning
English: habitational name of uncertain origin, possibly from
places in Lancashire and East and West Yorkshire named Weeton, from
Old English wiðig ‘willow’ + tun ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wheaton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wheaton families
 109 - 215  37 - 108 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wheaton families
|
140 - 278 47 - 139 |
1 - 46 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wheaton last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wheaton Family Origin
Wheaton Immigration Information
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Wheaton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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