Caulfield Surname

38,163rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Caulfield Surname Definition:

(English) 1 for Cauldfield, q.v.

2 Dweller at the Cabbage-Field [Old English caul + feld]

Caulfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3371:67,9147,899
England2,7141:20,5302,904
Ireland1,9971:2,358446
Australia1,8201:14,8332,107
Scotland4611:11,6131,561
Northern Ireland4131:4,467869
Canada3751:98,25510,681
New Zealand2151:21,0623,698
Wales1271:24,3662,557
South Africa991:547,25043,124
France441:1,509,607143,950
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Gibraltar131:2,612585
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
China21:683,660,78330,601
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,6971:2,610494
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4071:59,8907,018
Scotland1011:37,0622,907
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6311:79,5868,390

Caulfield (20) may also be a first name.

Caulfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) 1 for Cauldfield, q.v.

2 Dweller at the Cabbage-Field [Old English caul + feld]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Used as a synonym of MacCall and Gaffney, q.v. and occasionally of MacKeown. Also used in Ireland for the English Calfhill. IF 153; MIF 55

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Scottish, English) One who came from Cauldfield (cold field), in Dumfriesshire; dweller at a cabbage field, or at a cold or bleak field.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

See Cavell. The family was seated in Normandy, 1180-98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). In England Gilbert de Calvel was of Northumberland, and Richard C. of Kent, 1202 (Rotulus Cancellarii). Malger de Cavel in 1261 paid a fine in Oxfordshire (Roberts, Excerpt.). Janies Calfhil or Calvel, otherwise Calfield, c. 1506, was Bishop of Worcester t. Eliz., and from his younger son, Sir Toby Caulfield, a renowned commander in Ireland, descended collaterally the Earls of Charlemont.

The Norman People (1874)

From Chalfield; a location name in Wiltshire (?).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Caulfield Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Caulfield Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Caulfield is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caulfield? popularity and diffusion

It is the 38,163rd most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 528,351 people. The last name Caulfield occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of Caulfield live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 2,446,817th most common first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 5,337 people, or 1 in 67,914. In The United States Caulfield is most frequent in: Massachusetts, where 9 percent are found, New Jersey, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States it is found in 55 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Ireland, where 14 percent are found.

Caulfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Caulfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Caulfield last name rose 846 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 667 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 118 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 456 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,155 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Caulfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (91%) in Ireland and Jewish (50%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Caulfield last name are 1.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.1% being registered with the political party.

The amount Caulfield earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 7.9% less than the national average, earning R 218,868 per year; in United States they earn 19.79% more than the national average, earning $51,687 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.19% more than the national average, earning $56,234 CAD per year.

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Caulfield Reference & Research

Cofield DNA Project FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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