Cognomen Wake (Wake 
, Veki 
, Vakr ) , around the world, is a common last name. The surname Wake is characteristic of the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, Australia, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ethiopia. Also, Wake is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Wake | Japan, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, Nigeria, United States |
| Veki | Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, United States, India |
| Vakr | India, United States |
| 韦克 | China |
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matsuna wake (b. 783) |
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| sadaomi wake (b. 817) |
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hereward the wake 11th-century leader of local resistance to the Norman conquest of England, GB (b. 1032) |
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| baldwin wake died 1213 (b. 1150) |
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| baldwin wake (1238-1282) (b. 1238) |
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| john wake, 1st baron wake of liddell English Baron (b. 1268) |
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| thomas wake English Baron (b. 1297) |
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| margaret wake English Baron, GB (b. 1300) |
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| thomas wake English Member of Parliament (born 1379) (b. 1379) |
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| sir baldwin wake, 1st bt. (1574-1627) (b. 1574) |
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| isaac wake diplomat 1580-1632 (b. 1580) |
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| sir john wake, 2nd bt. (born 1601) (b. 1601) |
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william wake Archbishop of Canterbury (1657-1737), GB (b. 1657) |
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| sir baldwin wake (born 1611) (b. 1611) |
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| sir john wake, 4th baronet (1661-1714) (b. 1661) |
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