Fieldhouse Surname

118,051st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fieldhouse Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the field-house'; compare Moorhouse, Loftus, &c. Many spots would naturally acquire this title. An instance below existed in the parish of Rochdale.

Randulphus Feldhowses, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Fieldhouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,5021:22,2693,114
United States6361:569,90446,784
Australia2351:114,87512,758
Canada1661:221,96121,363
Wales1041:29,7553,038
Northern Ireland601:30,7513,176
Chile501:352,3299,825
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
China31:455,773,85521,925
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
France21:33,211,361423,184
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4041:17,3612,522
Wales361:43,5672,298
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:612,42340,920

Fieldhouse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the field-house'; compare Moorhouse, Loftus, &c. Many spots would naturally acquire this title. An instance below existed in the parish of Rochdale.

Randulphus Feldhowses, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Feldhouse, 1379: ibid.

John Feeldhouse emigrated to Virginia in 1634: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

1600. Married — Thomas Wood and Joane Feilduse: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Arthur Clegg, of Fieldhouse, parish of Rochdale, 1608: Wills at Chester.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the Field- House [O.E .field + hús]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Fieldhouse Last Name Facts

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

Fieldhouse is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Fieldhouse click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fieldhouse? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 118,051st most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,870,520 people. Fieldhouse occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Fieldhouse are found; 69 percent are found in Northern Europe and 69 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is borne by 2,502 people, or 1 in 22,269. In England Fieldhouse is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 19 percent are found, West Midlands, where 18 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 9 percent are found. Besides England this surname occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Fieldhouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fieldhouse has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Fieldhouse surname grew 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 776 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 289 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Fieldhouse Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Fieldhouse last name are 5.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.59% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fieldhouse earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.68% more than the national average, earning R 279,660 per year; in United States they earn 11.01% more than the national average, earning $47,901 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.3% more than the national average, earning $54,305 CAD per year.

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