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    The surname Canfield

    An English place surname, carried by 11,560 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C514

    Canfield: #3,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Canfield #3,117, 11,560 people Canfield: #3,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Canfield #3,117, 11,560 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canfield is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Canfield 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 11,560 people named Canfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,708 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,427.

    #3,117
    rank among US surnames
    11,560
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,884)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,108Ramon11,58226,657
    #3,109Whatley11,57926,664
    #3,110Lewandowski11,57726,669
    #3,111Quinonez11,57626,671
    #3,112Cepeda11,57226,680
    #3,113Botello11,56926,687
    #3,115Barclay11,56826,690

    Who is named Canfield

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

    94% of people named Canfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Canfields

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Canfield
      American writer and motivational speaker, born 1944
    • 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, born 1963

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    Surnames that sound like Canfield

    Canfield has the Soundex code C514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C514.

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Canfield come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Canfield?
    11,560 people in the United States had the surname Canfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,708 Americans. It ranked 3,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Canfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Canfield?
    Jack Canfield, American writer and motivational speaker, followed by Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
    Where is the surname Canfield most common?
    Wikidata records people named Canfield in the United States.
    What type of surname is Canfield?
    Canfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Canfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,560 in 2010, up 1.2%.
    What are other spellings of Canfield?
    Camfield, Campfield and Cansfield.