Family name Wakefield (Wakefield 
) , in the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Wakefield is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Guernsey, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Much less frequently, Wakefield is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Wakefield | Canada, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Australia |
| peter of wakefield English hermit (b. 1101) |
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| thomas wakefield English politician of the 14th century (b. 1301) |
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| robert wakefield English linguist (b. 1401) |
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| roger wakefield (born 1677) (b. 1677) |
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priscilla wakefield English writer, GB (b. 1751) |
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gilbert wakefield English scholar (1756-1801), GB (b. 1756) |
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| roger wakefield (1706-1756) (b. 1706) |
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| edward wakefield (1715-1756) (b. 1715) |
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| john wakefield English Quaker merchant and financier (b. 1738) |
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| john wakefield (1738-1811) (b. 1738) |
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edward gibbon wakefield New Zealand politician (1796-1862), GB (b. 1796) |
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john allen wakefield American historian and politician (1797-1873), US (b. 1797) |
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arthur wakefield New Zealand settler, GB (b. 1799) |
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william wakefield Early New Zealand settler, GB (b. 1801) |
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| deborah wakefield (b. 1742) |
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