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The surname Edenfield

A Norse place surname, carried by 3,036 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E351

Edenfield: #10,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edenfield #10,555, 3,036 people Edenfield: #10,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edenfield #10,555, 3,036 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edenfield is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

Perhaps from Old Norse ey (“river”) + Old English tūn (“homestead”) + Old English feld (“field”). Derivation from Eden + field is unlikely.

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

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,036 people named Edenfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,695 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,967.

#10,555
rank among US surnames
3,036
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+2.3%
change since 2000 (was #10,022)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,548Wilkin3,039101,594
#10,552Basler3,038101,628
#10,553Hilty3,037101,661
#10,555Magness3,036101,695
#10,560Biggerstaff3,035101,728
#10,563Nadler3,034101,762

Who is named Edenfield

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

93% of people named Edenfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Edenfield come from?
Perhaps from Old Norse ey (“river”) + Old English tūn (“homestead”) + Old English feld (“field”). Derivation from Eden + field is unlikely.
How common is the surname Edenfield?
3,036 people in the United States had the surname Edenfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,695 Americans. It ranked 10,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edenfield?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Edenfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Edenfield?
Edenfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Edenfield getting more or less common?
More common. 2,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,036 in 2010, up 2.3%.