Wakefield

See also: wakefield

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈweɪkfiːld/

Proper noun

Wakefield

  1. An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. The prison in Wakefield, established 1594.
  4. A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.

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Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Wakefield is the 2,472nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14,587 individuals. Wakefield is most common among White (80.87%) and Black (13.40%) individuals.
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