Merrifield 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 0
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 202
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 4
Devon 159
Dorset 79
Durham 6
Essex 56
Gloucestershire 19
Hampshire 60
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 11
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 5
Kent 15
Lancashire 38
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 181
Middlesex 40
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 20
Surrey 16
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 12
Yorkshire 11

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 88
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Merrifield Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Merrifield family

Profession Census Frequency
School 140
Farm Labourer 15
General Labourer 10
Dress Maker 8
None 8
Private Means 8
At Home 7
Clerk 7
Labourer 7
Cowman On Farm 6
Clay Labourer 6
Farmer 6
Dressmaker 5
General Servant Domestic 5
Domestic Servant 5
Errand Boy 4
House Keeper 4
General Servant (domestic) 4
China Clay Labourer 4
Shop Assistant 3
Cook (domestic) 3
Carter On Farm 3
Gardener Domestic 3
Shipwright 3
Gardener (domestic) 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Merrifield

Name Census Frequency
William Merrifield 363
Mary Merrifield 322
John Merrifield 275
Elizabeth Merrifield 250
James Merrifield 175
George Merrifield 136
Thomas Merrifield 135
Henry Merrifield 110
Jane Merrifield 93
Annie Merrifield 88
Charles Merrifield 81
Ann Merrifield 80
Sarah Merrifield 80
Richard Merrifield 74
Samuel Merrifield 71
Edward Merrifield 68
Eliza Merrifield 64
Emma Merrifield 59
Ellen Merrifield 58
Emily Merrifield 56
Joseph Merrifield 50
Edith Merrifield 49
Frederick Merrifield 44
Alice Merrifield 42
Louisa Merrifield 42

Merrifield Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Merrifield 100% 4,643
2 Merefield 80% 994
3 Merifield 90% 584
4 Merrefield 90% 144

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

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