Wakeland Surname

254,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Wakeland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakeland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4381:252,05823,935
England541:1,031,81650,675
Jamaica311:92,5794,005
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1971:254,91721,039

Wakeland (11) may also be a first name.

Wakeland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wakeland is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakeland? popularity and diffusion

Wakeland is the 254,216th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,689,540 people. Wakeland is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Wakeland reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wakeland is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,438 people, or 1 in 252,058. In The United States Wakeland is primarily found in: Texas, where 18 percent live, Illinois, where 11 percent live and Indiana, where 9 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Jamaica, where 2 percent live.

Wakeland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wakeland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wakeland last name expanded 730 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 102 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wakeland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wakeland last name are 16.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.74% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wakeland earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.05% less than the national average, earning $40,969 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.31% more than the national average, earning $56,794 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weakeland940/
Bakeland8879/
Wekeland880/
Backeland82111/
Bakelandt8274/
Bakkeland8243/
Baukeland8212/
Backelandt78141/
Vaaskeland781/
Bakelant7518/
Bokeland755/
Vaceland750/
Backelant7141/
Bockelandt6756/
Bokkelandt6711/
Vocaland631/

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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 Wakeland
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