# Mansfield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mansfield/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,725 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,923 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,488 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (18,498 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Mamesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mansfield 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mansfield in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Mansfield

- Jayne Mansfield, American actress (1933–1967)
- Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat (1903–2001)
- Harvey Mansfield, American political philosopher
- David Mansfield, American musician
- Bob Mansfield, American businessman
- Arabella Mansfield, American lawyer and suffragist (1846–1911)
- Ben Mansfield, actor
- Comins Mansfield, British chess composer (1896-1984)
- William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, British Army general (1819–1876)
- Sally Mansfield, American actress (1923–2001)
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield, American politician (1861-1947)

## Similar surnames

Menjivar, Monsivais.

## 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.