Waterfield Surname

93,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Malta

Waterfield Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the water-field.' from residence thereby. I cannot find a spot so named.

1600-1. John Waterfield: Register of the University of Oxford.

1636. Buried — Joseph Waterfeild: St.

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Waterfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7171:20,5072,901
United States1,5101:240,03922,950
Canada4661:79,0688,865
Australia1611:167,67517,258
Scotland611:87,7676,275
Wales431:71,9666,223
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Malta241:17,9281,021
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Trinidad and Tobago161:85,2486,095
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Guam81:20,0153,029
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1871:20,5352,907
Wales281:56,0152,800
Guernsey151:2,177371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3841:130,77812,540

Waterfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the water-field.' from residence thereby. I cannot find a spot so named.

1600-1. John Waterfield: Register of the University of Oxford.

1636. Buried — Joseph Waterfeild: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1708. Married — William Waterfield and Elizabeth Weeke Patey: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Dweller at the Water(y Field [Old English wœter + feld]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

For Waterville or Wateville, a Norman baronial name. Waleran de Watevilla or Wartevilla; N. Alexander, Durand, Richard, and the Manor and Forest of Wateville, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert de Waterville, summoned to Parliament as a Baron 1326.

The Norman People (1874)

Waterfield: very probably from Vatierville, in Seine-Inférieure.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Waterfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waterfield has its highest incidence in England. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waterfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name Waterfield is the 93,206th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,422,793 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Waterfield reside; 55 percent reside in Northern Europe and 55 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 2,717 people, or 1 in 20,507. In England Waterfield is mostly concentrated in: Leicestershire, where 11 percent are found, West Midlands, where 11 percent are found and Nottinghamshire, where 7 percent are found. Not including England this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Waterfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Waterfield has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Waterfield surname rose 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 393 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 154 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Waterfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (48%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Waterfield last name are 22.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.41% being registered with the party.

The amount Waterfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 269.66% more than the national average, earning R 878,448 per year; in United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,551 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $50,002 CAD per year.

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