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The garfield Surname

garfield Name Meaning and History

  1. English: probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, generally from a field name denoting a triangular area, Old English gara (see Gore) at the corner of an open field after rectangular furlongs had been laid out.
  2. Jewish: Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The garfield name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the garfield family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of garfield Families in the US in 1920
Number of garfield families
 46-90
 16-45		 1-15
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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