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The HATFIELD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 33,464 956 0.012 124
United States (1880 census) 6,905 878 0.014 138
Change since 1880 +26559 -78 -0.002 -14
Other Countries
Australia 664 2430 0.004 41
United Kingdom 2,832 2189 0.006 62
Top States for HATFIELD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Ohio 3,159 369 0.028 278
Kentucky 2,572 201 0.064 636
California 1,954 1720 0.006 58
Texas 1,848 1383 0.009 89
West Virginia 1,842 96 0.102 1,019
Top States for HATFIELD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 1,842 96 0.102 1,019
Kentucky 2,572 201 0.064 636
Tennessee 1,749 497 0.031 307
Ohio 3,159 369 0.028 278
Indiana 1,501 444 0.025 247

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

Classification and Origin of HATFIELD

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 HATFIELD 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 HATFIELD 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 HATFIELD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 927 2.77
Mixed Race 442 1.32
White (Hispanic) 422 1.26
Native American/Alaskan 204 0.61
Asian/Pacific 120 0.36
White (Caucasian) 31,349 93.68

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

Meaning of HATFIELD in historical publications

(origin: Local) From a town in Hertfordshire, also in Essex and Yorkshire, England. Bailey says it is from Hat, hot, Sax., and field--from the hot sandy soil. Houtfield, the field in the wood, from hout, Dutch, a wood. Perhaps the same as Heathfield.

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


HATFIELD. See Hatfeild.

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 HATFIELD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HATFIELD.

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.

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Potential typos for HATFIELD

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