# Field (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/field/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,543 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,452 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,580 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (24,374 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Feild |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Field 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Field in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of England.

## People named Field

- Sally Field, American actress
- Cyrus West Field, American businessman (1819–1892)
- Todd Field, American actor and filmmaker (born 1964)
- Betty Field, American actress (1913/1916–1973)
- Chelsea Field, American actress
- Syd Field, American screenwriting guru (1935-2013)
- Ayda Field, American actress and model
- Patricia Field, American costume and fashion designer (born 1941)
- Virginia Field, British actress (1917–1992)
- Margaret Field, American actress (1922-2011)
- Eugene Field, American writer (1850-1895)
- Mary Field, American film actress and director (1909-1996)

and 23 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Feld, Feldt, Floyd, Flood, Flatt, Felt, Felty, Follett, Fleet, Fullwood, Fludd, Flythe.

## 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.