Greenfield Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 37
Cambridgeshire 9
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 34
Devon 24
Dorset 0
Durham 102
Essex 97
Gloucestershire 25
Hampshire 53
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 15
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 155
Lancashire 188
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 257
London 739
Middlesex 102
Northumberland 33
Norfolk 51
Northamptonshire 18
Nottinghamshire 40
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland 0
Shropshire 48
Suffolk 5
Somerset 13
Surrey 176
Sussex 626
Staffordshire 159
Warwickshire 101
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 27
Yorkshire 469

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 31
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Greenfield Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Greenfield family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 601
General Labourer 63
Agricultural Labourer 62
Domestic Servant 32
Coal Miner 32
Laundress 30
Labourer 27
Living On Own Means 26
Farmer 25
Dress Maker 25
General Servant 20
Living On Her Own Means 17
Tailor 16
Carpenter 15
Farm Labourer 15
House Keeper 15
General Servant Domestic 13
Clerk 13
Cook Domestic Servant 13
Carter 12
Dressmaker 12
Grocer 12
Brick Layer 11
Gardener 11
General Domestic Servant 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Greenfield

Name Census Frequency
William Greenfield 1,481
Mary Greenfield 1,474
John Greenfield 1,347
George Greenfield 1,062
Sarah Greenfield 889
Thomas Greenfield 852
Elizabeth Greenfield 839
James Greenfield 785
Charles Greenfield 628
Henry Greenfield 530
Ann Greenfield 517
Jane Greenfield 494
Joseph Greenfield 419
Eliza Greenfield 403
Annie Greenfield 356
Alice Greenfield 352
Ellen Greenfield 352
Frederick Greenfield 341
Emma Greenfield 330
Edward Greenfield 294
Arthur Greenfield 291
Emily Greenfield 291
Hannah Greenfield 277
Walter Greenfield 262
Alfred Greenfield 259

Greenfield Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Greenfield 100% 25,484
2 Granfield 80% 672
3 Grenfield 90% 117
4 Grinfield 80% 108

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The surname Greenfield is the most popular version of all its varients

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