Wakefeld Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wakefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wakefeld Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Wakefeld Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wakefeld Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wakefeld is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakefeld? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Wakefeld is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Wakefeld are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England it is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 100 percent live. Besides England this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Wakefeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wakefeld has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wakefeld surname expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakefeeld940/
Wakefld930/
Wakeifield891/
Wakefild887/
Wakofield821/
Backefeldt785/
Bakefelt754/
Bäkefeld753/
Bokefelt634/
Bäckefelt595/
Vekafild502/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wakefeld
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