# Westfield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/westfield/  
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) | 1,303 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,394 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 236,950 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.0% (1,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld. The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Westfield 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) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Westfield in the United States.

## People named Westfield

- Frankie Westfield, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Westfall, Westphal, Westover, Westberry, Westberg, Westhoff, Westby, Westbrook, Wagstaff, Westbrooks, Westbury.

## 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.