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The surname Enfield

An English place surname, carried by 1,339 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛnfiːld/ 2 syllables Soundex E514

Enfield: #19,997 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Enfield #19,997, 1,339 people Enfield: #19,997 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Enfield #19,997, 1,339 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Enfield is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).

Enfield 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 1,339 people named Enfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,355.

#19,997
rank among US surnames
1,339
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-1.2%
change since 2000 (was #18,724)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,992Couillard1,340230,407
#19,997Jeansonne1,339230,579

Who is named Enfield

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

93% of people named Enfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Enfield come from?
From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).
How common is the surname Enfield?
1,339 people in the United States had the surname Enfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. It ranked 19,997th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Enfield?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Enfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Enfield?
Enfield is /ˈɛnfiːld/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Enfield?
Enfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Enfield getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,339 in 2010, down 1.2%.