# Oldfield (surname)

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

A habitational 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) | 2,816 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,226 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,640 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.4% (2,856 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Offield |

## Etymology

From Old English eald (“old”) + feld (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Oldfield 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Oldfield in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Oldfield

- Barney Oldfield, American racing driver (1878-1946)
- Brian Oldfield, American shot putter (1945–2017)
- Anne Oldfield, British actress (1683-1730)
- Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (1894-1976)
- William Allan Oldfield, American politician (1874-1928)
- Mr. Methane, British entertainer

## 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.