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    The surname Rayfield

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 2,443 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R143

    Rayfield: #12,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rayfield #12,659, 2,443 people Rayfield: #12,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rayfield #12,659, 2,443 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rayfield is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Rayfield is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,443 people named Rayfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,380 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,467.

    #12,659
    rank among US surnames
    2,443
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,650)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,652Fullen2,445126,276
    #12,656Houghtaling2,444126,328
    #12,659Rayfield2,443126,380
    #12,661Basquez2,442126,431
    #12,662Horrell2,441126,483
    #12,667Klee2,440126,535

    Who is named Rayfield

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

    83% of people named Rayfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rayfields

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Donald Rayfield
      British academic and translator (born 1942)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Raffield

    Rayfield has the Soundex code R143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R143.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rayfield come from?
    From an unrecorded Old English male given name *Ræfweald, from an uncertain first element + weald (“power”).
    How common is the surname Rayfield?
    2,443 people in the United States had the surname Rayfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,380 Americans. It ranked 12,659th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rayfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Rayfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rayfield?
    Donald Rayfield, British academic and translator (born 1942).
    Where is the surname Rayfield most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rayfield in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Rayfield?
    Rayfield is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Rayfield getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,443 in 2010, down 1.0%.
    What are other spellings of Rayfield?
    Raffield.