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fairfield Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example Fairfield in Derbyshire or Kent, both named from Old English as fæger ‘beautiful’ + feld ‘open country’, or Fairfield in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English fo ‘hog’ + feld.

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Distribution of fairfield Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: 1% (3 of 577)New Hampshire: 4% (22 of 577)Maryland: Less than 1% (2 of 577)Delaware: Less than 1% (1 of 577)New Jersey: 2% (10 of 577)Connecticut: 4% (21 of 577)Rhode Island: 1% (6 of 577)Massachusetts: 12% (69 of 577)Hawaii: Less than 1% (0 of 577)Alaska: Less than 1% (2 of 577)California: 8% (49 of 577)Nevada: Less than 1% (0 of 577)Oregon: 2% (10 of 577)Washington: 2% (10 of 577)Idaho: 1% (5 of 577)Utah: Less than 1% (0 of 577)Arizona: Less than 1% (1 of 577)New Mexico: Less than 1% (0 of 577)Colorado: 1% (7 of 577)Wyoming: Less than 1% (2 of 577)Montana: 1% (3 of 577)North Dakota: 1% (6 of 577)South Dakota: 1% (3 of 577)Nebraska: 5% (26 of 577)Kansas: 1% (6 of 577)Oklahoma: 1% (5 of 577)Texas: 2% (11 of 577)Minnesota: 2% (13 of 577)Iowa: 2% (10 of 577)Missouri: 3% (15 of 577)Arkansas: 1% (7 of 577)Louisiana: Less than 1% (0 of 577)Illinois: 6% (32 of 577)Wisconsin: 2% (12 of 577)Michigan: 5% (29 of 577)Indiana: 5% (31 of 577)Ohio: 3% (20 of 577)Kentucky: Less than 1% (1 of 577)West Virginia: 1% (4 of 577)Tennessee: 1% (3 of 577)Mississippi: 1% (5 of 577)Alabama: Less than 1% (2 of 577)Florida: 2% (9 of 577)Georgia: Less than 1% (1 of 577)South Carolina: Less than 1% (0 of 577)North Carolina: Less than 1% (1 of 577)Virginia: Less than 1% (1 of 577)Maryland: Less than 1% (2 of 577)Delaware: Less than 1% (1 of 577)New Jersey: 2% (10 of 577)Pennsylvania: 5% (26 of 577)New York: 7% (43 of 577)Connecticut: 4% (21 of 577)Rhode Island: 1% (6 of 577)Massachusetts: 12% (69 of 577)Vermont: 1% (3 of 577)New Hampshire: 4% (22 of 577)Maine: 5% (28 of 577)
Number of fairfield families
 36-69
 13-35		 1-12
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