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    The surname Waterfield

    A surname, carried by 1,082 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W361

    Waterfield: #23,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Waterfield #23,485, 1,082 people Waterfield: #23,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waterfield #23,485, 1,082 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waterfield is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,082 people named Waterfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,077.

    #23,485
    rank among US surnames
    1,082
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #22,322)

    Who is named Waterfield

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

    92% of people named Waterfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Waterfields

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peter Waterfield
      British diver, born 1981

    Questions

    How common is the surname Waterfield?
    1,082 people in the United States had the surname Waterfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waterfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Waterfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Waterfield?
    Peter Waterfield, British diver.
    Where is the surname Waterfield most common?
    Wikidata records people named Waterfield in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Waterfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, up 0.5%.