Freshfield Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Freshfield Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Freshfield = the Field of the Fresh-Water [Dialectal English fresh; Middle English fresh, fersh, Old English ferse + feld]

Freshfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England51:11,143,612252,590
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
Wales61:261,4039,165

Freshfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Freshfield = the Field of the Fresh-Water [Dialectal English fresh; Middle English fresh, fersh, Old English ferse + feld]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Armorially identified with Frescheville of Derby. Ingelram de Frissonville witnessed a charter of Henry, Count of Eu, to Hobertsbridge, and one of Ralph de Issodun (Mon. ii. 920,921). Ralph de Fressonville in 1225 had seizin of the estates and barony of Hubert Fitz-Ralph in Notts and Derby, as his heir (Roberts, Excerpta). The chief seat of the barony was at Boney, Notts. The family of the Barons Frescheville long continued.

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Lancashire.

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

Freshfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Freshfield is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Freshfield.

How Common Is The Last Name Freshfield? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Freshfield occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Freshfield are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 85 percent reside and Gauteng, where 15 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 20 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Freshfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Freshfield has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Freshfield surname decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Freshfield Last Name Statistics demography

Freshfield earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.13% more than the national average, earning R 256,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Freshfeld950/
Freisfeld84103/
Frisfelds7434/
Fryszfeld741/
Vu-Harshfield701/
Frey-Scheffold6711/
Frišfelds631/

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