Last Name BANFIELD

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Meaning Local: Of Bamfyld, some place in Devonor county Somerset, whence a parish six miles from Castle-Cary.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Austrian, Hungarian

Rank 12,487 (2000 US census) 14,419 (1990 US census)
Count 2,279 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.73%, or 1931 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.14%, or 231 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.35%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.44%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.06%, or 47 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.28%, or 52 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

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In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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Russian middle names

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