Field Surname

6,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84,070 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Field Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the field,' from residence in or by a field.

Thomas atte Felde, 1301. Writs of Parliament.

William de la Felde, Gloucestershire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.

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Field Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States35,0671:10,3361,259
England24,4531:2,279284
Australia10,4321:2,588348
Canada5,0521:7,2931,077
New Zealand2,1051:2,151287
South Africa1,9021:28,4853,669
Wales8971:3,450371
Ireland7711:6,108940
Scotland5341:10,0261,389
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Germany1831:439,92139,335
France1741:381,74056,584
Spain1721:271,81416,916
Philippines1661:609,86965,823
Northern Ireland1551:11,9031,772
Barbados1551:1,855355
Mexico1251:993,01013,084
Colombia1151:415,4276,495
Thailand1001:706,383117,076
Argentina941:454,71734,122
India871:8,816,843179,063
Israel851:100,67811,575
Singapore641:86,0583,478
China551:24,860,3921,354
Peru531:599,70015,316
Guam491:3,268415
Jamaica471:61,0633,229
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Pakistan401:4,466,09730,538
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
Chile371:476,12112,335
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Guernsey291:2,222539
Italy291:2,108,85190,314
Norway281:183,65321,594
Guyana271:28,2303,128
Denmark241:235,19618,480
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Bermuda191:3,436515
Iran191:4,041,185108,332
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Trinidad and Tobago171:80,2345,870
Gibraltar161:2,122483
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Panama151:260,8176,584
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Japan141:9,131,73544,780
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Hong Kong131:564,2683,428
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Greece111:1,007,25484,692
Isle of Man91:9,5362,057
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Oman61:614,6626,082
Monaco51:7,4131,114
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Malta41:107,5681,849
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Bangladesh31:53,118,92425,950
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Egypt31:30,645,251132,600
Ghana31:9,006,89723,626
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Montserrat11:4,947471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5581:7,9391,212
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England14,6001:1,670210
Wales1601:9,803596
Scotland1401:26,7372,399
Guernsey71:4,665827
Jersey61:8,6471,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,2841:4,883609

Field (3,982) may also be a first name.

Field Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the field,' from residence in or by a field.

Thomas atte Felde, 1301. Writs of Parliament.

William de la Felde, Gloucestershire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

John de la Felde, Herefordshire, ibid.

Linot ate Feld, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William a la Feld, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John in the Feld, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Stephan atte Feld, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at a Field or Plain [Middle English Old English felf] Thomas atte Felde.—Parl. Writs.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the open country, or land free of trees.

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

Or De la Felda, embraces both English and Norman families. Richard de la Felda is mentioned in Normandy, t. John (Mem. Soc. Ant. Norm. v. 126).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Fjelde; a personal name.

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

Field: is properly a clearing, where trees have been felled. This enters into numerous compositions, as Somerfield, the field of the Somerlid, or Viking; Suffield, the south field; Haverfield, the field of oats.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Field Last Name Facts

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

The surname Field (Arabic: فيلد, Hindi: फील्ड) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Field click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Field? popularity and diffusion

The surname Field is the 6,729th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 86,684 people. Field occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Field live; 48 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 110,747th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 3,982 people.

The surname Field is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 35,067 people, or 1 in 10,336. In The United States Field is primarily found in: California, where 12 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and New York, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 122 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Field Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Field has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Field surname rose 341 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 561 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 138 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 381 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Field Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Field last name is predominantly Catholic (66%) in Ireland and Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Field surname are 8.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.95% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Field earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 43.73% more than the national average, earning 497,407 kr per year; in Peru they earn 244.19% more than the national average, earning S/. 66,722 per year; in South Africa they earn 62.56% more than the national average, earning R 386,316 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.5% less than the national average, earning $18,502,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.26% more than the national average, earning $46,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $53,749 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ffield9115/
Fieldd912/
Fieldt911/
Vfield910/
Fielld910/
Pfield910/
Feld8911,625/
Fild89146/
Feldt805,308/
Fielt8090/
Felds8027/
Filds8014/
Feldh808/
Feldz802/
Filhd802/
Feltd801/
Faeld801/
Felld801/
Feeld801/
Feldė801/
Filld801/
Fildd800/
Fuild800/
Vield800/
Vanfield7724/
Fld7510/
Åfeldt73180/
Feldtz7328/
Øfeldt7327/
Fillds738/
Feldte735/
Faeldt734/
Feldsh733/
D'Feld731/
Pfueld731/
Feelds730/
Felt676,012/
Veld672,536/
Vild671,120/
Filt67207/
Åhfeldt6743/
Fled6743/
Feldová6723/
Föld6717/
Fldt674/
Fldh672/
Fldz671/
Fldd671/
Flld671/
Hfld671/

Field Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Field in the Hindi language
फील्डphilda66.67
फिल्डphilda33.33
Field in the Arabic language
فيلدfyld-
ليدانيlydany-

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Field Reference & Research

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