Fielding is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fielding
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Germany
Meaning: This family trace their descent to the Earls of Hapsburg, in Germany. Geffery, a son of Edward of Holland, served with Henry III in the wars of England, and because his father had dominions in Lauffenburgh and Renfelden, he took the name of Felden or Fielding

How popular is Fielding?

Fielding is common in South Africa.

Fielding is ranked 21642 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fielding bearers increased by 6.03313 per cent in 2010 US census to 6081 since 2000, the surname slipped by 139 spots and ranked at 5700. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.66 88.44
Black 6.81 6.29
Hispanic or Latino 3.11 2.34
Others 1.94 1.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.79 0.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.69 0.52
Fielding is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 23861 people have been found who wears Fielding as their family name. Fielding is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
52,864 United Arab Emirates9
90,182 Germany8
82,942 Zimbabwe8
7,031 China6
9,759 Japan5
18,646 Thailand4
46,030 Philippines4
8,926 Cameroon3
119,730 Brazil3
6,270 Hong Kong3
32,086 Mexico3
44,018 Poland2
1,777 Jersey2
6,266 Luxembourg2
631 Swaziland2
2,190 Barbados1
1,704,541 India1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
7,110 Bosnia1
25,746 Finland1
1,818 Guernsey1
846 American Samoa1
8,859 Iraq1
2,211 Brunei1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,790 Zambia1
24,176 Qatar1
17,575 Kuwait1
8,181 Botswana1
492,292 Ukraine1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
8,316 Portugal46
95,259 Italy45
37,591 Belgium37
396 Isle of Man34
725 Malta31
1,056 The Bahamas21
331,856 Russia21
886 United States Virgin Islands18
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,684 Switzerland90
104,308 France86
3,129 Northern Ireland60
5,248 Singapore59
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with hundreds of Fielding:
1,713 Scotland420
934 Wales418
2,127 New Zealand355
1,258 Namibia285
2,190 Ireland213
1,957 Jamaica125
25,027 Spain109
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Fielding:
909 England8,281
5,266 United States7,517
1,245 Australia2,535
2,985 Canada1,601
5,624 South Africa1,151
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bridget Fielding worked as workwoman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Fidelia and arrived on June 1, 1846. 21 years old Samuel Fielding, 24 years old John Fielding, 25 years old William Fielding, Gentleman Thomas Fielding, 46 years old Francis Fielding, Thomas Fielding, aged 22, Fanny Fielding, aged 18, Frederick Fielding, aged 13, and 28 other Fielding majority of whom were workman and others worked as gentleman and servant, farmer, musician migrated to US.

Fielding Namesakes

    Marjorie Fielding, British theatrical and cinematographic actress
    Jerry Fielding, American jazz musician, big band director and composer of film and television music.
  • Jerry Fielding, Musician
  • Marjorie Fielding, Film actress
  • Liz Fielding, Writer
  • Bill Fielding, Soccer player
  • Yvette Fielding, Broadcaster
  • Yvette Fielding, Broadcaster
  • Roy Fielding, Author
  • Athene Fielding, Actress
  • Harold Fielding, Theatre Producer
  • Yvette Fielding, Broadcaster
  • In 2015, Scott Fielding characterized the role of Jeff in drama, sci-fi movie Merge.
  • John Fielding, from 0 mystery, sci-fi flick Transmission: Vol. 2, who portrayed the Robert Welles.

Related Family Names: