Mayfield Surname

13,107th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Mayfield Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Mayfield (field where madder or mayweed grew), the name of places in Staffordshire and Sussex.

Mayfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States39,6331:9,1451,101
England1,5301:36,4174,772
Australia1,1931:22,6283,122
Canada1891:194,95019,131
New Zealand371:122,38715,192
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Scotland161:334,61415,044
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Barbados101:28,7451,389
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Wales71:442,07621,198
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
France51:13,284,544357,392
China41:341,830,39216,990
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belize11:355,4743,977
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Guam11:160,1214,893
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7611:32,0314,249
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3441:9,3971,201

Mayfield (347) may also be a first name.

Mayfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Mayfield (field where madder or mayweed grew), the name of places in Staffordshire and Sussex.

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

A parish in Sussex; also several places in Scotland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Mayfield Last Name Facts

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

Mayfield is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mayfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,107th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 170,437 people. The surname Mayfield occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Mayfield live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 468,121st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 347 people.

The surname Mayfield is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 39,633 people, or 1 in 9,145. In The United States Mayfield is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 18 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Missouri, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 57 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Mayfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mayfield has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 742 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 201 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Mayfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mayfield surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Mayfield are 13.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.16% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mayfield earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 39.63% less than the national average, earning R 143,472 per year; in United States they earn 7.24% less than the national average, earning $40,025 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.85% less than the national average, earning $46,280 CAD per year.

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Mayfield Reference & Research

Mayfield DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Mayfield 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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