Last Name WHEELER

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Meaning	The weeler, a maker of wheels, a wheelwright. A name of trade.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank	223 (2000 US census)	208 (1990 US census)

Count	121,684 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.79%, or 100742 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.84%, or 15624 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 499 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.91%, or 1107 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.45%, or 1764 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 1959 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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