Rayfield Surname

98,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,810 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Rayfield Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at, or near, the river field.

Rayfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4581:104,81811,526
England8261:67,4557,813
Australia2791:96,75910,970
Canada1411:261,31624,674
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Israel111:777,96750,646
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Wales71:442,07621,198
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Guam11:160,1214,893
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2951:82,6288,808
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3211:156,44414,384

Rayfield (1,218) may also be a first name.

Rayfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at, or near, the river field.

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

Rayfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rayfield is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rayfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 98,557th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,515,082 people. The surname Rayfield occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Rayfield live; 66 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. Rayfield is also the 226,824th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,218 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 3,458 people, or 1 in 104,818. In The United States Rayfield is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 14 percent live, Tennessee, where 8 percent live and South Carolina, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States Rayfield is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Rayfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rayfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rayfield last name expanded 1,077 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 280 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rayfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Rayfield are 21.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.15% registered with the political party.

The amount Rayfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 155.7% more than the national average, earning R 607,632 per year; in United States they earn 7.78% less than the national average, earning $39,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.14% more than the national average, earning $67,144 CAD per year.

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Rayfield Reference & Research

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

Raffield-Rayfield 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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