Hatfield Surname

10,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Hatfield Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Hatfield,' an extensive village parish seven miles north-east from Doncaster. Hatfull in the London Directory is a curious-looking corruption, (a)'of Hatfield,' parishes in Herefordshire and Hertfordshire.

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Hatfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States44,3181:8,179968
England4,0491:13,7612,036
Canada1,6171:22,7863,100
Australia1,3631:19,8062,747
New Zealand1451:31,2305,420
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
Wales1021:30,3393,079
Scotland961:55,7694,673
Northern Ireland561:32,9473,302
Ireland191:247,8399,475
Norway191:270,64728,127
Bermuda191:3,436515
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
France171:3,907,219231,005
Sweden131:757,44356,422
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Panama51:782,45211,059
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Belize41:88,8683,294
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
China31:455,773,85521,925
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0881:11,6741,781
Wales451:34,8541,900
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,9051:7,273924

Hatfield (93) may also be a first name.

Hatfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Hatfield,' an extensive village parish seven miles north-east from Doncaster. Hatfull in the London Directory is a curious-looking corruption, (a)'of Hatfield,' parishes in Herefordshire and Hertfordshire.

William de Hatfield, Essex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Agnes de Hatfield, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Johannes de Haytefeld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1696. Buried — Frances, d. Joshua Hatfefeld (sic): St. Mary Aldermary.

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

(English) belonging to Hatfield, the Anglo-Saxon Hæðfeld = the Heath-Field [Old English MS. Hæð + feld]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Hatfield (heather field), the name of various places in England.

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

Local. From a town in Hertfordshire, also in Essex and Yorkshire, England. Bailey says it is from Hat, hot, Saxon, and field—from the hot sandy soil. Houtfield, the field in the wood, from hout, Dutch, a wood. Perhaps the same as Heathfield.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Essex, Hertfordshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.

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

Hatfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hatfield (Arabic: هاتفيلد) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hatfield click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hatfield? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,779th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 139,715 people. The last name Hatfield occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Hatfield are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 986,211th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 93 people.

The last name Hatfield is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 44,318 people, or 1 in 8,179. In The United States Hatfield is most numerous in: Ohio, where 8 percent are found, Kentucky, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 72 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Hatfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hatfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hatfield last name grew 642 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 227 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 317 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hatfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hatfield last name are 17.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.45% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hatfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.73% less than the national average, earning 288,167 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 39.34% more than the national average, earning R 331,128 per year; in United States they earn 5.84% less than the national average, earning $40,631 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4% less than the national average, earning $47,698 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Hatfield Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hatfield in the Arabic language
هاتفيلدhatfyld-

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Hatfield Reference & Research

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