How common is the surname Warfield?

7,443 people in the United States had the surname Warfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,481 Americans. It ranked 4,758th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Warfield?

William Warfield, American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002), followed by Paul Warfield.

Where is the surname Warfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Warfield in the United States.

Is the surname Warfield getting more or less common?

More common. 7,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,443 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Warfield

An English place surname, carried by 7,443 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Warfield is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wer (“weir”) + feld (“field”).

Warfield 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 7,443 people named Warfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,481 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,301.

#4,758

rank among US surnames

7,443

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,749	Derr	7,456	41,409
#4,751	Posada	7,454	41,420
#4,752	Pointer	7,453	41,426
#4,753	Brannan	7,452	41,431
#4,754	Shirk	7,448	41,453
#4,755	Pizarro	7,446	41,465
#4,756	Vanegas	7,444	41,476

Who is named Warfield

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

61% of people named Warfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Warfields

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Warfield
American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002)
Paul Warfield
American football player (born 1942)
Edwin Warfield
American politician (1848-1920)
Wallis Simpson
American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Warfield

Warfel

Warfield has the Soundex code W614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W614.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Warfield come from?: From Old English wer (“weir”) + feld (“field”).
How common is the surname Warfield?: 7,443 people in the United States had the surname Warfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,481 Americans. It ranked 4,758th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Warfield?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Warfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Warfield?: William Warfield, American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002), followed by Paul Warfield.
Where is the surname Warfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Warfield in the United States.
What type of surname is Warfield?: Warfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Warfield getting more or less common?: More common. 7,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,443 in 2010, up 1.9%.