The Wheaton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,202 people carried this name — #3,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 8,662 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wheaton surname

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison classes it as an English name: ‘the Wheat-Enclosure’.

From Wheaton; or the same name as Whitton.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 279 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Wheaton was found among the farmers of Devon: 7 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Devon 7

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

76 families named Wheaton, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 421 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 24
Connecticut 20
Rhode Island 13
New York 9
North Carolina 4
Vermont 3
Maine 1
New Hampshire 1
Pennsylvania 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 268 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Wheaton in American newspapers,
1853–1911.

Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Wheaton
The Roundup Record 1911-05-19
Newspaper page from The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette carrying the name Wheaton
The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette 1853-01-15
Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Wheaton
The Mirror And Farmer 1904-09-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,197 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wheaton in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

11,771 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wheaton. The most, 2,868, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 4.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 6,188
New South Wales 3,741
Victoria 1,047
Tasmania 338
Western Australia 214
Queensland 177
ACT (Canberra) 43
Northern Territory 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wheaton.

Who carried it

People named Wheaton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Laban Wheaton
    Laban Wheaton 1754–1846 · judge
  • Henry Wheaton
    Henry Wheaton 1785–1848 · judge
  • Cyrus Martin Wheaton
    Cyrus Martin Wheaton 1794–1883 · politician
  • Horace Wheaton
    Horace Wheaton 1803–1882 · politician
  • Warren L. Wheaton
    Warren L. Wheaton 1812–1903 · businessperson
  • Joseph Wheaton 1755–1828 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wheaton,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States886 records

886 records of the Wheaton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 287
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 177
  • Other U.S. records 422
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Warren S. Wheaton

    Born 1924 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; mechanic. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Wheaton

    Born 1946; from New York, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1965 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Wheaton

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Switzerland from Liverpool, aged 22; clerk. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 886 records for Wheaton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada420 records

420 records of the Wheaton name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 395
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 12
  • Other Canadian records 13
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Bob Wheaton

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Commerce, bound for Spithead, aged 19.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dahlia Helena Wheaton

    Buried in 1997 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 95.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Kenneth Wheaton

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 420 records for Wheaton in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia150 records

150 records of the Wheaton name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 87
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 32
  • Other Australian records 31
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Wheaton

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Marion, sailing from London in 1845. Native of Aylesbeare, Devon.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Herbert Wheaton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Ben Cruachan, aged 21; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Clarence Martin Wheaton

    Retired of Nhill, Victoria; died 1969.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 150 records for Wheaton in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Wheaton name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edith Wheaton

    Married in 1903 in Leeuwarden.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Edith Wheaton

    In the population register of Utrecht; born 1871 in Lalisburg (Eng).

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Wheaton in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Wheaton name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. H. Wheaton

    Shropshire Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Wheaton

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Wheaton name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Guy Wheaton

    Born 1921 in Saint-Maximin (Oise); died 1981 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record John Leslie Wheaton

    Born 1916 in Saint-Maximin (Oise); died 1983 in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Wheaton name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anne Wheaton

    Died 1901 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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