Wakeford

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a now lost place, from Old English wacu (“wake, watch”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Wakeford (plural Wakefords)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wakeford is the 65782^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 301 individuals. Wakeford is most common among White (96.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wakeford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.