Wakefield

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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 number of places in the United States:
    1. A ghost town in Washington County, Alabama.
    2. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois.
    3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana.
    4. A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
    5. An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky.
    6. An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
    7. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    8. A city and township in Gogebic County, Michigan.
    9. A township in Stearns County, Minnesota.
    10. A city in Dixon County and Wayne County, Nebraska.
    11. A township in Dixon County, Nebraska.
    12. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
    13. A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
    14. A neighbourhood of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina.
    15. An unincorporated community in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio.
    16. A census-designated place in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    17. A village in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.
    18. A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
    19. A town in Sussex County, Virginia.
    20. A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C.
    21. A ghost town in the village of Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
  5. A number of places elsewhere:
    1. A locality in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. Wakefield Regional Council, a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia.
    3. A parish and community therein, in New Brunswick, Canada.
    4. A village in La Pêche municipality, Quebec, Canada.
    5. A settlement in Jamaica.
    6. A settlement in Tasman district, South Island, New Zealand. [1]

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Wakefield is the 2,472nd 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.

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