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 3
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 45
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 37
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 21
Devon 35
Dorset 5
Durham 161
Essex 199
Gloucestershire 12
Hampshire 93
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 26
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 178
Lancashire 279
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 275
London 891
Middlesex 223
Northumberland 35
Norfolk 28
Northamptonshire 27
Nottinghamshire 87
Oxfordshire 15
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 77
Suffolk 15
Somerset 4
Surrey 286
Sussex 704
Staffordshire 231
Warwickshire 132
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 35
Yorkshire 591

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 10
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 42
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Greenfield Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Greenfield family

Profession Census Frequency
School 472
General Servant (domestic) 43
Farm Labourer 34
General Labourer 32
Private Means 26
None 25
Labourer 24
Dressmaker 23
Coal Miner Hewer 23
Shop Assistant 20
Domestic Servant 19
Clerk 18
House Painter 17
Bricklayer 15
At Home 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Charwoman 13
Carpenter 11
Assisting In The Business 10
Butcher 10
Errand Boy 10
House Keeper 10
Railway Clerk 10
Dock Labourer 10
Laundress 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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