How common is the surname Westfield?

1,303 people in the United States had the surname Westfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. It ranked 20,394th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Westfield?

Frankie Westfield, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Westfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Westfield in the United States.

Is the surname Westfield getting more or less common?

More common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,303 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Westfield

An English place surname, carried by 1,303 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W231

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westfield is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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.

Westfield 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 1,303 people named Westfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,195.

#20,394

rank among US surnames

1,303

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #20,599)

Who is named Westfield

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

50% of people named Westfield identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 50%
White (not Hispanic) 44%
Two or more races 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Westfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frankie Westfield
American soccer player, born 2005

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westfield

Westfield has the Soundex code W231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W231.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Westfield come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Westfield?: 1,303 people in the United States had the surname Westfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. It ranked 20,394th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westfield?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Westfield identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Westfield?: Frankie Westfield, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Westfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Westfield in the United States.
What type of surname is Westfield?: Westfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Westfield getting more or less common?: More common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,303 in 2010, up 9.0%.