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

The last name Westfield is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westfield? popularity and diffusion

Westfield is the 195,104th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,386,406 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Westfield live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. Westfield is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,556 people, or 1 in 232,943. In The United States Westfield is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 11 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Westfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Westfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Westfield last name expanded 431 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westfield Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Westfield last name are 16.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.98% being 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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