Glenfield is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.
Family name is variation of Glanfield. See Glanville - A place in the arrondissement of Pont- l'Evêque, in Normandy, It is latinized ‘De Glanvilla,' and anglicized Glanfield. Robert de Glanville, a tenant in Suffolk, temp. Domesday was ancestor of the earls of Suffolk of that name.
The Glanvilles of Catchfrench, county of Corn wall, are descended from the G.'s of Halwell, county of Devon, circ. 1400, and they, according to tradition, from Ranulf de Glanville, lord of Glanville, near Pont l'Evêque, who entered England with the Conqueror.
Variant form of Glidden. A variant of Gladwin meaning "kind friend".
The family name is modification of Glide. See Glyde - A sort of road, or more properly speaking an opening. Aberdeenshire. 2. Gleid, squinting.
Glenfield is an adaptation of Glyde. A sort of road, or more properly speaking an opening. Aberdeenshire. 2. Gleid, squinting.
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Glenfield is an uncommon last name, few people in United States and Northern Ireland have the family name. Around 244 people have been found who wears Glenfield as their family name. Glenfield have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
United States83
Canada65
England32
Northern Ireland17
Australia17
New Zealand13
Scotland12