Explore the Family Name Sherfield

The meaning of Sherfield

English: habitational name from Sherfield on Loddon, or Sherfield English (both Hampshire), probably from Old English scīr ‘bright, gleaming’ + feld ‘open country’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Sherfield ranked 28,226 in popularity in 2000 and slightly dipped to rank 28,437 in 2010, marking a -0.75% change in its ranking. The number of people with this surname, however, experienced an increase from 798 individuals in 2000 to 839 in 2010, indicating a 5.14% growth. Despite this growth, the proportion of people with the surname Sherfield per 100,000 decreased by -6.67%, from 0.3 in 2000 to 0.28 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,226	#28,437	-0.75%
Count	798	839	5.14%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.28	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sherfield

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals a diverse ethnic identity associated with the Sherfield surname. In 2000, the majority of Sherfields were White (54.39%), followed by Black (39.72%), American Indian and Alaskan Native (1.38%), and those identifying as two or more races (3.26%). By 2010, there was a slight decrease in the percentage of Whites to 53.16% and a small increase in Blacks to 40.05%. The percentage of those claiming two or more races also increased to 3.58%. Interestingly, no one identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in either year, and the 2010 census saw the first Sherfields identifying as Hispanic at 1.91%. The American Indian and Alaskan Native category dropped to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	54.39%	53.16%	-2.26%
Black	39.72%	40.05%	0.83%
Two or More Races	3.26%	3.58%	9.82%
Hispanic	0%	1.91%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.38%	0%	0%