# Redfield (surname)

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

A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,752 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,443 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 112,190 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (2,638 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle Scots reid (“reed”) + fuyrd (“ford”), later influenced by red + field.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Redfield 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Redfield in the United States.

## People named Redfield

- James Redfield, American author, lecturer, screenwriter and film producer
- William Redfield, American actor (1927-1976)
- William C. Redfield, American politician (1858-1932)
- Robert Redfield, American anthropologist (1897–1958)
- Robert R. Redfield, American medical researcher
- William C. Redfield, American meteorologist (1789-1857)
- Alfred C. Redfield, American oceanographer (1890–1983)
- Edward Willis Redfield, American artist (1869-1965)
- Barbara Payton, American actress (1927-1967)

## 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.