Armfield Surname

170,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,535 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Armfield Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at (apparently) the Poor Field. [Old English e)arm, poor + feld, field]

Armfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5901:227,96222,009
Australia4241:63,6697,638
England3951:141,05813,696
South Africa801:677,22149,167
Barbados101:28,7451,389
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
France11:66,422,722504,397
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4121:59,1646,945
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3551:141,46113,305

Armfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at (apparently) the Poor Field. [Old English e)arm, poor + feld, field]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Swedish, Armfelt; a personal name Or Amfield; a location name in Hampshire.

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

Armfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Armfield is found most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Armfield? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 170,101st most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,874,772 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Armfield are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Armfield is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,590 people, or 1 in 227,962. In The United States Armfield is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 14 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and South Carolina, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent live and England, where 16 percent live.

Armfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Armfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Armfield surname expanded 448 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 4 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Armfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Armfield last name are 18.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.28% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Armfield earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.28% more than the national average, earning R 340,476 per year and in United States they earn 6.52% more than the national average, earning $45,964 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Armfiield941/
Armfeld936/
Armfild931/
Armfeild883/
Armfelde882/
Armfelds881/
Ahrmfeldt821/
Armfelt80132/
Ermefeldt713/
Ehriemfeld670/
Hermfelt636/
Ermefelt631/
Ormvold5311/
Ormfält532/
Hermfält502/

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Armfield Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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