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The BYFIELD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,089 22143 0 4
United States (1880 census) 151 23611 0 3
Change since 1880 +938 +1468 +N/A +1
Other Countries
Australia 257 5991 0.002 16
United Kingdom 794 6302 0.002 17
Top States for BYFIELD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 283 6650 0.001 15
Florida 162 10909 0.001 10
California 91 24206 0.000 3
Oklahoma 87 4865 0.003 25
Texas 52 24883 0.000 2
Top States for BYFIELD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Oklahoma 87 4865 0.003 25
New York 283 6650 0.001 15
Kansas 40 7778 0.001 15
New Hampshire 16 9135 0.001 13
Florida 162 10909 0.001 10

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BYFIELD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BYFIELD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BYFIELD in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BYFIELD by picking someone at random in Oklahoma than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BYFIELD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BYFIELD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BYFIELD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BYFIELD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 565 51.88
White (Caucasian) 421 38.66
Mixed Race 53 4.87
White (Hispanic) 35 3.21
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BYFIELD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BYFIELD in historical publications

The village in the field, from By, Danish, a town,--or the place by or near the field.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


BYFIELD. A parish in co. Northampton.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to BYFIELD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BYFIELD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BYFIELD

The following words are slight variants of BYFIELD that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.