Stanfield is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Stanfield
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning:

Variant form of the Stansfeld. A township in Yorkshire. The family are said to have "descended from a follower of the Conqueror who set tled there." B.L.G.

One who came from Stanfield, i.e., stony field, in Norfolk; dweller on, or near, stony land.

Surname is variation of the Stansfield. One who came from Stansfield, i.e., stony field, the name of places in Suffolk and Yorkshire.

A parish in Norfolk.

How popular is Stanfield?

Stanfield is common in United States, England, Australia, Iran, Canada, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand.

Stanfield is ranked 25575 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Stanfield bearers increased by 1.23 per cent in 2010 US census to 11229 since 2000, the surname slipped by 226 spots and ranked at 3215. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.47 82.03
Black 13.97 13.73
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.79
Others 1.97 1.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.47 0.49
Stanfield is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Guernsey lie ahead in terms of density. Around 21078 people have been found who wears Stanfield as their family name. Stanfield is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Stanfield:
2,797 United States16,268
Countries with thousands of Stanfield:
5,964 England1,174
3,419 Australia1,076
Countries with hundreds of Stanfield:
8,632 Iran900
8,972 Canada458
16,227 South Africa384
1,234 Northern Ireland262
3,705 Scotland137
5,960 New Zealand131
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,600 Wales63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
57,418 Argentina48
3,952 Panama37
193,074 France25
767 Guernsey22
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
81,846 Netherlands10
2,057 Isle of Man9

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old workman Peter Stanfield who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on January 2, 1850 by Lady Milton put out from Dublin. Immigrant Mrs Stanfield, Richard Stanfield, aged 45, Willm. Stanfield (24) Tinker, A. Stanfield, aged 23, Farmer James Stanfield, George Stanfield (22) Farmer, 15 years old Elizabeth Stanfield, James Stanfield (12) Farmer, and 3 other Stanfield around 46.15% of whom were farmer while others worked as tinker migrated to US.

Stanfield Namesakes

  • Clarkson Frederick Stanfield,
  • Andy Stanfield, American sprinter and Olympic gold and silver medallist
  • Robert Stanfield, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  • Fred Stanfield, Canadian former professional ice hockey centre
  • Robert N. Stanfield, American politician and rancher
  • Olphert Stanfield, Irish footballer

Stanfield Namesakes

  • Clarkson Frederick Stanfield,
  • Andy Stanfield, American sprinter and Olympic gold and silver medallist
  • Robert Stanfield, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  • Fred Stanfield, Canadian former professional ice hockey centre
  • Robert N. Stanfield, American politician and rancher
  • Olphert Stanfield, Irish footballer

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