as a Last Name
- 2,507
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wakeman
Meaning & Origins
English: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle English wake ‘watch’, ‘vigil’ + man ‘man’. This was the title of the mayor of Ripon in West Yorkshire until the 16th century.
| 10,918th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,507
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Wakeman per capita
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