Wakefield

See also: wakefield

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪkfiːld/

Proper noun

Wakefield

1. An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.
3. The prison in Wakefield, established 1594.
4. A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.

Translations

city

• Russian: Уэ́йкфилд m (Uéjkfild)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wakefield is the 2,472^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14,587 individuals. Wakefield is most common among White (80.87%) and Black (13.40%) individuals.