Chatfield Surname

54,251st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Chatfield Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Chatfield or Caffield. The prefix may be either the Old English call, ‘a (wild) cat,’ or the Old English pers. name C(e)atta.

Chatfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,2441:85,4059,652
England2,7631:20,1662,853
Australia1,4391:18,7602,610
New Zealand3281:13,8062,394
Canada2491:147,97415,147
Wales821:37,7383,712
South Africa561:967,45960,627
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Scotland391:137,2778,372
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Northern Ireland201:92,2525,957
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
France141:4,744,480251,814
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4521:16,7872,453
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2491:40,2074,727

Chatfield (15) may also be a first name.

Chatfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Chatfield or Caffield. The prefix may be either the Old English call, ‘a (wild) cat,’ or the Old English pers. name C(e)atta.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Catfield (field frequented by wild cats), in Norfolk.

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

A locality which is not identified, but apparently near Lewes, Sussex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Sussex.

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

Chatfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chatfield is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chatfield.

How Common Is The Last Name Chatfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 54,251st most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 776,427 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Chatfield live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

Chatfield is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 4,244 people, or 1 in 85,405. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 13 percent are found, Georgia, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Chatfield exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in England, where 29 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.

Chatfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Chatfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chatfield surname grew 340 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 190 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 8,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 975 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Chatfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Methodist (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Chatfield surname are 11.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.94% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Chatfield earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 19.39% more than the national average, earning R 283,716 per year; in United States they earn 9.24% more than the national average, earning $47,134 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.98% more than the national average, earning $50,669 CAD per year.

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Chatfield Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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