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    The surname Litchfield

    A surname, carried by 4,290 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L321

    Litchfield: #7,737 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Litchfield #7,737, 4,290 people Litchfield: #7,737 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Litchfield #7,737, 4,290 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Litchfield is more common than 95.2% of them.

    Origin

    From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,290 people named Litchfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,969 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,276.

    #7,737
    rank among US surnames
    4,290
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,198)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,730Warnick4,29571,885
    #7,732Forsberg4,29471,902
    #7,734Beaudry4,29371,918
    #7,737Litchfield4,29071,969
    #7,739Atwater4,28971,985
    #7,743Bradfield4,28872,002
    #7,744Depriest4,28772,019

    Who is named Litchfield

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

    96% of people named Litchfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Litchfield come from?
    From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).
    How common is the surname Litchfield?
    4,290 people in the United States had the surname Litchfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,969 Americans. It ranked 7,737th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Litchfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Litchfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Litchfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,276 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,290 in 2010, up 0.3%.