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    The surname Stansfield

    An English place surname, carried by 1,736 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈstænsfiːld/ 2 syllables Soundex S352

    Stansfield: #16,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stansfield #16,536, 1,736 people Stansfield: #16,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stansfield #16,536, 1,736 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stansfield is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Stansfield is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,736 people named Stansfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,849 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,490.

    #16,536
    rank among US surnames
    1,736
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,449)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,534Cluck1,737177,746
    #16,536Divito1,736177,849
    #16,544Mian1,735177,951

    Who is named Stansfield

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

    90% of people named Stansfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stansfields

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claire Stansfield
      British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer and model, born 1964

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Stansfield

    Stansfield has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stansfield come from?
    From Old English stan (“stone”) + feld (“field”).
    How common is the surname Stansfield?
    1,736 people in the United States had the surname Stansfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,849 Americans. It ranked 16,536th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stansfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Stansfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Stansfield?
    Claire Stansfield, British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer and model.
    Where is the surname Stansfield most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stansfield in the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Stansfield?
    Stansfield is /ˈstænsfiːld/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Stansfield?
    Stansfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Stansfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,736 in 2010, up 17%.
    What are other spellings of Stansfield?
    Stansfeld, Stanfield, Stanphill and Standfield.