# Garfield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/garfield/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname, thought to be habitational.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,447 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,492 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 69,428 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (4,296 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɑɹfild/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Also Garfeld, from Old English gār (“spear”) + feld (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Garfield 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Garfield in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Garfield

- John Garfield, American actor (1913-1952)
- Richard Garfield, American game designer
- Eugene Garfield, American information and library scientist (1925–2017)
- Allen Garfield, American actor (1939–2020)
- James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician (1865–1950)
- Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (1939-2018)
- Harry Augustus Garfield, American lawyer and academic (1863-1942)
- Liv Garfield, British businesswoman

## Similar surnames

Garofalo, Garibaldi, Graybill, Gribble, Grable, Gravely, Gravel, Gravelle, Graybeal, Gravley, Griebel, Grabill.

## 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.