Explore the Family Name Fifield

The meaning of Fifield

English: habitational name from any of various places called Fifield or Fyfield, of which there are instances in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, all so named from Old English fīf ‘five’ + hīde ‘hides’ (a hide being an Anglo-Saxon measurement of land area).

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How common is the last name Fifield in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Fifield has seen a minor decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 10,848th most popular in the United States, but fell to 11,622nd by 2010, marking a 7.13% drop. Despite this, the total count of people with this surname marginally increased from 2,697 in 2000 to 2,699 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#10,848	#11,622	-7.13%
Count	2,697	2,699	0.07%
Proportion per 100k	1	0.91	-9%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fifield

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Fifield identified as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 95.37% in 2000 to 93.55% in 2010. There were significant increases in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (from 0.37% to 0.78%) and Hispanic (from 1.82% to 2.85%), while the percentage identifying as Black declined sharply (from 0.63% to 0.22%). The number of individuals identifying as two or more races also increased from 1.41% to 2.22%. However, the proportion of American Indian and Alaskan Native remained relatively stable, with a small decrease from 0.41% to 0.37%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.37%	93.55%	-1.91%
Hispanic	1.82%	2.85%	56.59%
Two or More Races	1.41%	2.22%	57.45%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.37%	0.78%	110.81%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.41%	0.37%	-9.76%
Black	0.63%	0.22%	-65.08%