# Rayfield (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,443 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,659 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 126,380 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (2,467 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Raffield |

## Etymology

From an unrecorded Old English male given name *Ræfweald, from an uncertain first element + weald (“power”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rayfield 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rayfield in the United Kingdom.

## People named Rayfield

- Donald Rayfield, British academic and translator (born 1942)

## Similar surnames

Robledo, Rebolledo.

## 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.