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    The surname Wakeford

    An English place surname, carried by 301 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W216

    Wakeford: #65,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wakeford #65,782, 301 people Wakeford: #65,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wakeford #65,782, 301 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wakeford is more common than 59.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a now lost place, from Old English wacu (“wake, watch”) + ford (“ford”).

    Wakeford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 301 people named Wakeford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,025,733 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 293.

    #65,782
    rank among US surnames
    301
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #63,632)

    Who is named Wakeford

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Wakeford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wakeford come from?
    Habitational surname from a now lost place, from Old English wacu (“wake, watch”) + ford (“ford”).
    How common is the surname Wakeford?
    301 people in the United States had the surname Wakeford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,025,733 Americans. It ranked 65,782nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wakeford?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wakeford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Wakeford?
    Wakeford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Wakeford getting more or less common?
    More common. 293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 301 in 2010, up 2.7%.