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 1
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 29
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 39
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 27
Devon 21
Dorset 3
Durham 128
Essex 129
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 65
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 18
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 183
Lancashire 247
Leicestershire 13
Lincolnshire 256
London 852
Middlesex 154
Northumberland 28
Norfolk 34
Northamptonshire 24
Nottinghamshire 68
Oxfordshire 19
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 49
Suffolk 2
Somerset 7
Surrey 198
Sussex 676
Staffordshire 200
Warwickshire 114
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 48
Yorkshire 600

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 12
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 7
Glamorgan 42
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 7
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Greenfield Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Greenfield family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 61
Living On Own Means 53
Scholar 33
General Servant Domestic 32
Dress Maker 26
Domestic Servant 20
Bricklayer 18
Carpenter 18
Cook Domestic 16
Laundress Wash 16
Tailor 15
Farmer 15
Servant Domestic 14
Housemaid Domestic 13
Charwoman 11
Coachman Domestic 11
Dressmaker 11
House Painter 11
Bricklayer Labourer 10
Farm Labourer 10
Gardener Domestic 10
Nil 10
Coal Miner Hewer 10
House Maid Domestic 9
Tailoress 9

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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