Fifield
English
Etymology
From Old English fīf (“five”) + hīd (“hide, a unit of land”).
Proper noun
Fifield (countable and uncountable, plural Fifields)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in Bray parish, Windsor and Maidenhead district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9076).
- A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2318). [1]
- A hamlet in Enford parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1450).
- A town in Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fifield is the 11622nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2699 individuals. Fifield is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.
See also
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fifield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 572.