Westerfield Surname

97,826th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,849 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Westerfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westerfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8341:74,9818,600
Micronesia41:26,561731
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8151:61,6186,760

Westerfield (40) may also be a first name.

Westerfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westerfield is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Westerfield click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name Westerfield is the 97,826th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,502,897 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Westerfield are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 40 people.

The surname Westerfield is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 4,834 people, or 1 in 74,981. In The United States it is primarily found in: Kentucky, where 15 percent reside, Indiana, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Micronesia, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Westerfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Westerfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Westerfield last name expanded 593 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westerfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Westerfield last name are 22.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.05% registered with the political party.

Westerfield earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.73% more than the national average, earning $43,464 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Westerfield
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