Wakeley is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wakeley
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wakeley

How popular is Wakeley?

Wakeley is common in United States.

Wakeley is ranked 195956 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wakeley bearers increased by 4.880952 per cent in 2010 US census to 881 since 2000, the surname slipped by 287 spots and ranked at 27392. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.96 94.05
Black 2.16 2.02
Others 1.93 1.07
Hispanic or Latino 1.36 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.02 0.95
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57 0.6
Wakeley is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in England. Around 1769 people have been found who wears Wakeley as their family name. Wakeley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,718 Thailand2
82,478 South Africa2
41,879 Turkey2
18,969 Wales1
77,122 Sweden1
62,864 New Zealand1
31,207 Ireland1
7,941 Guatemala1
172,258 Germany1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
72,994 Canada39
18,457 Scotland20
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,213 Australia95
Countries with hundreds of Wakeley:
12,911 England462
Countries with thousands of Wakeley:
27,054 United States1,125

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 27 years old workman John Wakeley who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 6, 1849 by New York put out from Liverpool. Scholar Thomas Wakeley, are others that migrated to US.

Wakeley Namesakes

  • Amanda Wakeley, Fashion Designer
  • Caroline "Cali" Wakeley, Jimmy Wakely's mother
  • Caroline "Cali" Wakeley, Jimmy Wakely's mother
  • Eleazer Wakeley, Politician
  • Amanda Wakeley, Fashion Designer
  • John Wakeley, Biological scientist
  • Martin Wakeley, Video Game Designer
  • Eleazer Wakeley, Politician
  • Dorothy Wakeley, Author
  • R. Wakeley, Screenwriter

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