Caulfield Surname
Approximately 13,793 people bear this surname
Caulfield Surname Definition:
(English) 1 for Cauldfield, q.v.
2 Dweller at the Cabbage-Field [Old English caul + feld]
Caulfield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,337 | 1:67,914 | 7,899 |
| England | 2,714 | 1:20,530 | 2,904 |
| Ireland | 1,997 | 1:2,358 | 446 |
| Australia | 1,820 | 1:14,833 | 2,107 |
| Scotland | 461 | 1:11,613 | 1,561 |
| Northern Ireland | 413 | 1:4,467 | 869 |
| Canada | 375 | 1:98,255 | 10,681 |
| New Zealand | 215 | 1:21,062 | 3,698 |
| Wales | 127 | 1:24,366 | 2,557 |
| South Africa | 99 | 1:547,250 | 43,124 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Gibraltar | 13 | 1:2,612 | 585 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,697 | 1:2,610 | 494 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 407 | 1:59,890 | 7,018 |
| Scotland | 101 | 1:37,062 | 2,907 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 631 | 1:79,586 | 8,390 |
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]
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
(Scottish, English) One who came from Cauldfield (cold field), in Dumfriesshire; dweller at a cabbage field, or at a cold or bleak field.
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.
From Chalfield; a location name in Wiltshire (?).
Caulfield Demographics
Average Male Caulfield Height
176.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Caulfield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caulfield Come From? nationality or country of origin
Caulfield is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Caulfield? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 38,163rd most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 528,351 people. Caulfield occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of Caulfield are found; 42 percent are found in Northern Europe and 42 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 5,337 people, or 1 in 67,914. In The United States Caulfield is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside, New Jersey, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 55 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside and Ireland, where 14 percent reside.
Caulfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Caulfield has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 846 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 667 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 118 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 456 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,155 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Caulfield Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Caulfield last name is primarily Catholic (91%) in Ireland and Jewish (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Caulfield last name are 1.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caulffield | 95 | 1 | / |
| Calfield | 94 | 9 | / |
| Culfield | 94 | 1 | / |
| Caulfild | 94 | 1 | / |
| Caulfeld | 94 | 0 | / |
| Coulfield | 89 | 6 | / |
| Coalfield | 89 | 4 | / |
| Callfield | 89 | 1 | / |
| Colfield | 82 | 61 | / |
| Calfeldt | 82 | 3 | / |
| Kaulfeld | 82 | 1 | / |
| Calfeeld | 82 | 0 | / |
| Colffield | 78 | 20 | / |
| Collfield | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kalfeld | 75 | 72 | / |
| Kahlfeld | 71 | 83 | / |
| Calfeltz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuhlfeld | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kolfield | 71 | 1 | / |
| Calffelt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kahlfeldt | 67 | 85 | / |
| Kallfeldt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kohlfield | 67 | 3 | / |
| Colfelt | 63 | 71 | / |
| Kohlfeld | 59 | 111 | / |
| Kalfeltz | 59 | 18 | / |
| Kolfeldt | 59 | 3 | / |
| Kahlfelt | 59 | 2 | / |
| Colffelt | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kollfeldt | 56 | 6 | / |
| Kohlfeldt | 56 | 2 | / |
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Caulfield Reference & Research
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