Westfield Family History
Westfield Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a field (Middle
English feld) to the west (Middle English west) of a
settlement, or a habitational name from either of two places named
Westfield, in Norfolk and Sussex, from Old English west ‘west’
+ feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Westfield Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Westfield families
 24 - 46  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Westfield families
|
33 - 63 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Westfield last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Westfield census records
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Westfield Family Origin
Westfield Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Westfield
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Westfield Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Westfield census records
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Westfield Civil War Service Records
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