# Horsfield (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 311 |
| US rank (2010) | 64,054 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 992,751 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (311 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Horsefield, Hosfield |

## Etymology

Either a variant of Horsfall or a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English hors (“horse”) + feld (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Horsfield 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) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Hirschfeld, Hershberger, Harshbarger, Herzberg, Herschberger.

## 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.