as a Last Name
- 26,066
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Whitfield
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places named Whitfield, for example in Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, and Northumberland, named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + feld ‘open country’, because of their chalky or soil.
| 1,153rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 26,066
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Whitfield per capita
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