Waterfield Surname
Approximately 5,122 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWaterfield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,717 | 1:20,507 | 2,901 |
| United States | 1,510 | 1:240,039 | 22,950 |
| Canada | 466 | 1:79,068 | 8,865 |
| Australia | 161 | 1:167,675 | 17,258 |
| Scotland | 61 | 1:87,767 | 6,275 |
| Wales | 43 | 1:71,966 | 6,223 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 23 | 1:192,603 | 9,322 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,187 | 1:20,535 | 2,907 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:56,015 | 2,800 |
| Guernsey | 15 | 1:2,177 | 371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 384 | 1:130,778 | 12,540 |
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.
(English) Dweller at the Water(y Field [Old English wœter + feld]
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.
Waterfield: very probably from Vatierville, in Seine-Inférieure.
Waterfield Demographics
Average Male Waterfield Height
179 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Waterfield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waterfield Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waterfield is found most frequently in England. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waterfield? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waterfield is the 93,206th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,422,793 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Waterfield are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in British Isles.
The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 2,717 people, or 1 in 20,507. In England Waterfield is primarily found in: Leicestershire, where 11 percent reside, West Midlands, where 11 percent reside and Nottinghamshire, where 7 percent reside. Besides England Waterfield exists in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Waterfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Waterfield has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 393 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 154 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Waterfield Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Anglican (48%) in Ireland.
In The United States Waterfield are 22.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.41% being registered with the political 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfeld | 95 | 19 | / |
| Watterfield | 95 | 0 | / |
| Waterfeild | 90 | 6 | / |
| Watrefield | 90 | 1 | / |
| Witterfield | 86 | 0 | / |
| Witerfeld | 84 | 3 | / |
| Wetterfeld | 80 | 9 | / |
| Widderfield | 76 | 0 | / |
| Widerfeldt | 70 | 2 | / |
| Wetterflod | 70 | 2 | / |
| Weiderfeld | 70 | 1 | / |
| Weidurfeld | 70 | 0 | / |
| Waetervliet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wiesterfelt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Widerfelt | 63 | 0 | / |
| Weiderfelt | 60 | 5 | / |
| Wetterfält | 60 | 3 | / |
| Wettervald | 60 | 1 | / |
| Watraphlat | 50 | 22 | / |
| Wiedervilt | 50 | 9 | / |
| Wiedervald | 50 | 1 | / |
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