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The surname Maxfield

A surname, carried by 5,987 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M214

Maxfield: #5,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maxfield #5,786, 5,987 people Maxfield: #5,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maxfield #5,786, 5,987 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maxfield is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,987 people named Maxfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,569 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,455.

#5,786
rank among US surnames
5,987
people in 2010
2.0
per 100,000 Americans
+9.8%
change since 2000 (was #5,805)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,781Vansickle5,99451,509
#5,782Tankersley5,99051,543
#5,783Bedell5,98951,552
#5,786Maxfield5,98751,569
#5,787Beaman5,98051,630

Who is named Maxfield

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

90% of people named Maxfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Maxfield?
5,987 people in the United States had the surname Maxfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,569 Americans. It ranked 5,786th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maxfield?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Maxfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Maxfield getting more or less common?
More common. 5,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,987 in 2010, up 9.8%.