Last Name WALKLING

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Meaning The son of Walkelin. Used to be a personal name. The 'l' was gradually lost, but in the effort to preserve it, it was resolved into 'n,' and Wanklyn bacame the later English form. Where the 'l' was entirely lost, the name took the forms of Wakelin and Wakeling. In Wakeling the 'g' is exceresent as in Wareing or Jennings.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 142,819 (2000 US census) 59,262 (1990 US census)
Count 107 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 98.13%, or 105 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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