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    The surname Stanfield

    A surname, carried by 11,229 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈstænfiːld/ 2 syllables Soundex S351

    Stanfield: #3,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Stanfield #3,215, 11,229 people Stanfield: #3,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stanfield #3,215, 11,229 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stanfield is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,229 people named Stanfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,495 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,093.

    #3,215
    rank among US surnames
    11,229
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,989)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,206Hammons11,27327,388
    #3,207Pemberton11,27227,390
    #3,208Wellman11,26027,420
    #3,209Montague11,25827,425
    #3,210Gaspar11,25127,442
    #3,211Paulsen11,24327,461
    #3,212Harwood11,23827,473

    Who is named Stanfield

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

    80% of people named Stanfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stanfields

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • LaKeith Stanfield
      American actor and rapper, born 1991
    • Andy Stanfield
      American athletics competitor (1927–85)
    • Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
      British artist (1793–1867)
    • Robert N. Stanfield
      American politician, Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and Senator for Oregon, 1877–1945

    Notable Stanfields come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Stanfield

    Stanfield has the Soundex code S351, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S351.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stanfield?
    11,229 people in the United States had the surname Stanfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,495 Americans. It ranked 3,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stanfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Stanfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Stanfield?
    LaKeith Stanfield, American actor and rapper, followed by Andy Stanfield.
    Where is the surname Stanfield most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stanfield in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Stanfield?
    Stanfield is /ˈstænfiːld/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Stanfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,229 in 2010, up 1.2%.
    What are other spellings of Stanfield?
    Stansfield, Stansfeld, Stanphill and Standfield.