# Canfield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/canfield/  
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 | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,560 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,117 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,708 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (11,427 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Camfield, Campfield, Cansfield |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”). * Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canfield 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Canfield in the United States.

## People named Canfield

- Jack Canfield, American writer and motivational speaker
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American author and social activist (1879–1958)
- Mary Grace Canfield, American theatre, film and television actress (1924-2014)
- Juliana Canfield, American actor (b.1992)
- Brady Canfield, American skeleton racer

## Similar surnames

Campfield, Campbell, Chambliss, Champlin, Chamblee, Chambless, Chumbley.

## 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.