Camfield Surname

265,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Camfield Surname Definition:

A corruption of Camville or Camvyle, a Norman baronial family, from Camville, near Coutances. See Milton. Dugdale has treated of this family in his Baronage.

Camfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8101:447,48038,385
England5461:102,04810,733
Australia481:562,41041,290
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Wales171:182,03112,022
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2861:85,2298,990
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4761:105,50110,598

Camfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A corruption of Camville or Camvyle, a Norman baronial family, from Camville, near Coutances. See Milton. Dugdale has treated of this family in his Baronage.

The Norman People (1874)

From Canfield; a location name in Essex.

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

Camfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Camfield is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Camfield? popularity and diffusion

It is the 265,691st most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,950,778 people. The surname Camfield is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Camfield are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 810 people, or 1 in 447,480. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 18 percent are found, Illinois, where 12 percent are found and Kentucky, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States Camfield is found in 19 countries. It is also found in England, where 37 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Camfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Camfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Camfield surname increased 170 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 850 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Camfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Camfield surname are 22.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.43% registered with the political party.

The amount Camfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 26.89% less than the national average, earning 253,021 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.3% more than the national average, earning $45,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.77% more than the national average, earning $72,919 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caamfield941/
Camffield940/
Camfeld930/
Comfield883/
Campfild881/
Camphield821/
Kampfield821/
Compfield820/
Kamfeld801/
Comfeld801/
Kampfeld753/
Camphild750/
Kampfeldt7116/
Kempfield712/
Kimpfield710/
Komfeld673/
Kemfelds631/
Kimfelt534/

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