# Scofield (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,048 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,731 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,049 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (6,127 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scofield 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scofield in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Scofield

- Paul Scofield, British actor (1922–2008)
- John Scofield, American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1951)
- Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, American theologian, minister and writer (1843-1921)

## Similar surnames

Schofield, Sheffield, Spaulding, Spalding, Shifflett, Seabolt, Shiflett, Sublett, Seefeldt, Saffold, Shiflet, Seibold.

## 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.