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    The surname Belfield

    An English place surname, carried by 949 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B414

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belfield is more common than 84% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the name of the River Beal + Old English feld (“field”); the river name possibly derives from Old English bēogol (“winding”).

    Belfield is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 949 people named Belfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 325,338 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 872.

    #25,902
    rank among US surnames
    949
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #26,332)

    Who is named Belfield

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    50% of people named Belfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Belfield come from?
    From the name of the River Beal + Old English feld (“field”); the river name possibly derives from Old English bēogol (“winding”).
    How common is the surname Belfield?
    949 people in the United States had the surname Belfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 325,338 Americans. It ranked 25,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Belfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Belfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Belfield?
    Belfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Belfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 949 in 2010, up 8.8%.