# Stansfield (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,736 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,536 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 177,849 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (1,490 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstænsfiːld/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Stansfeld, Stanfield, Stanphill, Standfield |

## Etymology

From Old English stan (“stone”) + feld (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stansfield 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stansfield in the United Kingdom.

## People named Stansfield

- Claire Stansfield, British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer and model

## Similar surnames

Stancil, Stanek, Stansberry, Stanger, Stang, Stange, Stankiewicz, Stansell, Stangl, Stansel, Stankus, Staniszewski.

## 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.