Wheeler Family History
Wheeler Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or
for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an
agent derivative of Middle English whele ‘wheel’. The name is
particularly common on the Isle of Wight; on the mainland it is
concentrated in the neighboring region of central southern
England.
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Name Distribution of Wheeler Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wheeler families
 1,005 - 2,007  336 - 1,004 |
 1 - 335  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wheeler families
|
2,098 - 4,194 700 - 2,097 |
1 - 699 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wheeler families
|
27 - 52 10 - 26 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wheeler Family Origin
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Wheeler Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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