How common is the surname Garfield?

4,447 people in the United States had the surname Garfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,428 Americans. It ranked 7,492nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Garfield?

John Garfield, American actor (1913-1952), followed by Richard Garfield.

Where is the surname Garfield most common?

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

How do you pronounce Garfield?

Garfield is /ˈɡɑɹfild/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Garfield getting more or less common?

More common. 4,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,447 in 2010, up 3.5%.

Is Garfield also a first name?

Yes. Garfield is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Garfield

An English place surname, carried by 4,447 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɑɹfild/ 2 syllables Soundex G614 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garfield is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Garfield 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 4,447 people named Garfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,428 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,296.

#7,492

rank among US surnames

4,447

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,163)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,487	Garzon	4,450	69,381
#7,488	Leatherwood	4,449	69,397
#7,490	Maddux	4,448	69,412
#7,492	Garfield	4,447	69,428
#7,494	Hepler	4,445	69,459

Who is named Garfield

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

75% of people named Garfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garfields

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Garfield
American actor (1913-1952)
Richard Garfield
American game designer, born 1963
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, born 1975

Notable Garfields come mostly from the United States (7) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garfield

Garfield has the Soundex code G614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G614.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Garfield come from?: Also Garfeld, from Old English gār (“spear”) + feld (“field”).
How common is the surname Garfield?: 4,447 people in the United States had the surname Garfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,428 Americans. It ranked 7,492nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garfield?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Garfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Garfield?: John Garfield, American actor (1913-1952), followed by Richard Garfield.
Where is the surname Garfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Garfield in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Garfield?: Garfield is /ˈɡɑɹfild/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Garfield?: Garfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Garfield getting more or less common?: More common. 4,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,447 in 2010, up 3.5%.
Is Garfield also a first name?: Yes. Garfield is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.