Wakeham Family History
Wakeham Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name, primarily from Wakeham in
Devon, named from the Old English byname Waca (meaning
‘watchful’) + Old English ham ‘homestead’, and to a lesser
extent from either of two other places called Wakeham: one in Sussex,
which has the same etymology, and the other on the Isle of Portland in
Dorset, which is probably named from an Old English wacu
‘watch’, ‘wake’ + cumb ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wakeham
Name Distribution of Wakeham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wakeham families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wakeham families
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237 - 471 80 - 236 |
1 - 79 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wakeham families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wakeham Family Origin
Wakeham Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Wakeham
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Wakeham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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