How common is the surname Chatfield?

3,057 people in the United States had the surname Chatfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,996 Americans. It ranked 10,498th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chatfield?

Jalen Chatfield, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Chatfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Chatfield in the United States.

Is the surname Chatfield getting more or less common?

More common. 2,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,057 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Chatfield

An English place surname, carried by 3,057 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C314

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chatfield is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Ceatta + feld (“field”).

Chatfield 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 3,057 people named Chatfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,996 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,947.

#10,498

rank among US surnames

3,057

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,084)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,491	Garth	3,059	100,930
#10,498	Chatfield	3,057	100,996
#10,499	Fulbright	3,056	101,029
#10,505	Zeno	3,055	101,062

Who is named Chatfield

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

81% of people named Chatfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chatfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jalen Chatfield
American ice hockey player, born 1996

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chatfield come from?: Habitational surname from a place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Ceatta + feld (“field”).
How common is the surname Chatfield?: 3,057 people in the United States had the surname Chatfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,996 Americans. It ranked 10,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chatfield?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Chatfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chatfield?: Jalen Chatfield, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Chatfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Chatfield in the United States.
What type of surname is Chatfield?: Chatfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Chatfield getting more or less common?: More common. 2,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,057 in 2010, up 3.7%.