Whitfield

in the US

There are 22,926 people with the last name "Whitfield" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Whitfield 1,149
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  1. is 1,145th most common Morin
  2. is 1,146th most common Langley
  3. is 1,147th most common Childs
  4. is 1,148th most common Singer
  5. is 1,149th most common Whitfield
  6. is 1,150th most common Abraham
  7. is 1,151st most common Tapia
  8. is 1,152nd most common Foreman
  9. is 1,153rd most common Cisneros

Most Common First Names for Whitfield

James, Robert, John, William, David, Charles, Michael, Mary, Linda, Patricia



Meaning & History

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.

FOREBEARS Henry Whitfield (1597c.1657), preacher and scholar, came from Mortlake, Surrey, England (now part of Greater London) to New Haven, CT, in 1639 and was one of the first settlers in Guilford, CT. He had ten children, some of whom he left in CT when he returned to England in 1650, where he died.


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