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The MANSFIELD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 18,498 1780 0.007 69
United States (1880 census) 6,760 892 0.014 135
Change since 1880 +11738 -888 -0.007 -66
Other Countries
Australia 2,175 734 0.013 133
United Kingdom 7,590 809 0.017 165
Top States for MANSFIELD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,451 2206 0.004 43
Florida 1,165 1794 0.007 73
Ohio 1,044 1296 0.009 92
Massachusetts 949 950 0.015 149
Texas 913 2559 0.004 44
Top States for MANSFIELD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Hampshire 202 970 0.016 163
Massachusetts 949 950 0.015 149
Vermont 87 1282 0.014 143
Maine 182 1381 0.014 143
Idaho 172 1007 0.013 133

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

Classification and Origin of MANSFIELD

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 MANSFIELD 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 MANSFIELD 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 MANSFIELD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 311 1.68
Mixed Race 279 1.51
Native American/Alaskan 131 0.71
Asian/Pacific 85 0.46
White (Caucasian) 16,495 89.17
Black/African American 1,199 6.48

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

Meaning of MANSFIELD in historical publications

(origin: Local) From a town in Nottinghamshire, England, of the same name, so called from the Saxon manrian, to traffic, and field--a place of trade.

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


MANSFIELD. A parish in co. Nottingham, the ancient abode of the family, temp. Henry II. Some families derive themselves from a German source.

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 MANSFIELD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MANSFIELD.

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 MANSFIELD

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