as a Last Name
- 18,340
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Sheffield
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from the city in South Yorkshire, so called from the river name Sheaf (from Old English scēað ‘boundary’) + Old English feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’. There are also minor places of the same name in Sussex (from Old English scēap, scīp ‘sheep’ + feld) and Berkshire (from Old English scēo ‘shelter’, ‘shed’ + feld), which may have contributed to the surname.
| 1,690th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,340
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Georgia
- has the most people named Sheffield per capita
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