# Banfield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/banfield/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,508 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,397 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 123,104 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (2,279 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and Irish (by way of Norman) surname, from Banville in Calvados. Sometimes confused with Bonfield, Benfield, but unrelated. * Also as an English surname, from several places in England with the name Bampfylde, first recognised in the parish of Weston Bampfylde near Castle Cary, in the county of Somerset. The name is composed of Old English bean + feld (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Banfield in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Banfield in the United States.

## People named Banfield

- Jillian Banfield, Australian geomicrobiologist

## Similar surnames

Benefield, Benfield, Bonfield, Banville, Benefiel, Bennefield, Bonneville.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.