Littlefield Surname
Approximately 14,685 people bear this surname
Littlefield Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Littlefield,' one of the hundreds of Kent Lower). Of course many small enclosures would be called the 'little field.'
1610. Thomas Littlefeild, or Lyttlefeld, Hampshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
Read More About This SurnameLittlefield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,447 | 1:26,955 | 3,375 |
| England | 701 | 1:79,484 | 8,879 |
| Australia | 202 | 1:133,642 | 14,486 |
| Canada | 140 | 1:263,183 | 24,832 |
| South Africa | 88 | 1:615,656 | 46,403 |
| Scotland | 31 | 1:172,704 | 9,690 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 407 | 1:59,890 | 7,018 |
| Guernsey | 11 | 1:2,969 | 521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,758 | 1:10,555 | 1,385 |
Littlefield (13) may also be a first name.
Littlefield Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Littlefield,' one of the hundreds of Kent Lower). Of course many small enclosures would be called the 'little field.'
1610. Thomas Littlefeild, or Lyttlefeld, Hampshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1684. Thomas Littlefeild and Sarah Allen: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
1751. Married — John Littlefield and Mary Tempest: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
(English) belonging to Littlefield (Kent), or Dweller at the Little Field [Middle English litel, Old English lýtel + Middle English Old English feld, a field, plain]
(English) Dweller in, or near, the small field or open place in a wood.
A place in Kent giving name to a hundred.
Littlefield Demographics
Average Male Littlefield Height
176.58 cm
Average Female Littlefield Height
162.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Littlefield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Littlefield Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Littlefield is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Littlefield? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 35,939th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 496,258 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Littlefield are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Littlefield is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 13 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 13,447 people, or 1 in 26,955. In The United States Littlefield is most prevalent in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Maine, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 34 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Littlefield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Littlefield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Littlefield surname expanded 283 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 172 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Littlefield Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Littlefield last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Littlefield surname are 3.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.47% being registered with the political party.
The amount Littlefield earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 34.09% more than the national average, earning R 318,660 per year; in United States they earn 3.17% more than the national average, earning $44,516 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.54% more than the national average, earning $50,944 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littlfield | 95 | 4 | / |
| Litlefield | 95 | 3 | / |
| Littlefild | 95 | 2 | / |
| Littlefeld | 95 | 0 | / |
| Littelfield | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lettlefield | 91 | 3 | / |
| Littleifeld | 91 | 3 | / |
| Littlefaeld | 91 | 1 | / |
| Littlifield | 91 | 1 | / |
| Litllefield | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lyttlefield | 91 | 0 | / |
| Littlwfield | 91 | 0 | / |
| Littlefelt | 86 | 0 | / |
| Littlifld | 80 | 0 | / |
| Leuttlfeld | 76 | 0 | / |
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Littlefield Reference & Research
Littlefield DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Littlefield FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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