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    The surname Wakeman

    A surname, carried by 2,748 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W255

    Wakeman: #11,463 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wakeman #11,463, 2,748 people Wakeman: #11,463 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wakeman #11,463, 2,748 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wakeman is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,748 people named Wakeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,353 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,522.

    #11,463
    rank among US surnames
    2,748
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,458)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,456Greenbaum2,750112,271
    #11,462Eudy2,749112,312
    #11,463Coogan2,748112,353
    #11,466Virgil2,746112,435
    #11,469Breshears2,745112,476
    #11,472Mattis2,744112,517

    Who is named Wakeman

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

    93% of people named Wakeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wakeman

    Wakeman has the Soundex code W255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wakeman?
    2,748 people in the United States had the surname Wakeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,353 Americans. It ranked 11,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wakeman?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wakeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Wakeman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,748 in 2010, up 9.0%.