Last Name WAKELING

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Meaning Wanklyn.
The son of Walkelin. Used to be a personal name. The 'l' was gradually lost, but in the effort to preserve it, it was resolved into 'n,' and Wanklyn bacame the later English form. Where the 'l' was entirely lost, the name took the forms of Wakelin and Wakeling. In Wakeling the 'g' is exceresent as in Wareing or Jennings.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 60,706 (2000 US census) 76,405 (1990 US census)
Count 310 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.16%, or 295 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.55%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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