Westfield Surname

195,104th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Westfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5561:232,94322,405
England2341:238,11119,599
Canada1011:364,80832,793
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1001:1,127259
Trinidad and Tobago591:23,1182,593
Australia391:692,19746,687
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Guyana81:95,2786,792
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Wales41:773,63329,106
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Maldives11:404,1727,269
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1641:148,63013,165
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3611:139,11013,141

Westfield (17) may also be a first name.

Westfield Last Name Facts

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

Westfield is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westfield? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 195,104th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,386,406 people. The surname Westfield is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Westfield reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Westfield is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,556 people, or 1 in 232,943. In The United States Westfield is most prevalent in: Tennessee, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Westfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Westfield has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 431 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westfield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Westfield surname is chiefly Anglican (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Westfield surname are 16.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.98% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Westfield earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.1% less than the national average, earning $39,652 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.38% less than the national average, earning $42,040 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westfieldt950/
Westfeld94208/
Westfeldt89100/
Wuestfeld893/
Wastfield891/
Westfildt890/
Westfelt82105/
Vestfeld821/
Vestfeldt783/
Wästfeldt783/
Wästfelt7177/
Westfält7141/
Bestfelt7110/
Vestfelt714/
Wastfelt711/
Vestfäldt671/
Vestfält5923/
Västfelt594/

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Westfield Reference & Research

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

Westfield 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

  • 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Westfield
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