Westerfield Surname

97,826th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,849 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Westerfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westerfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8341:74,9818,600
Micronesia41:26,561731
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8151:61,6186,760

Westerfield (40) may also be a first name.

Westerfield Last Name Facts

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

Westerfield is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerfield? popularity and diffusion

The surname Westerfield is the 97,826th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,502,897 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Westerfield are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 40 people.

The surname Westerfield is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 4,834 people, or 1 in 74,981. In The United States Westerfield is mostly found in: Kentucky, where 15 percent are found, Indiana, where 8 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Micronesia, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Westerfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Westerfield has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 593 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westerfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Westerfield are 22.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.05% being registered with the political party.

Westerfield earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.73% more than the national average, earning $43,464 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Westerfield
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