as a Last Name
- 136,984
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Wheeler
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 218th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 136,984
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Guam
- has the most people named Wheeler per capita
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