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Banfield Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places named in Old English from bean ‘beans’ (collective singular) + feld ‘field’, ‘open land’, as for example Benville in Dorset. Irish: variant of the Norman family name Banville (see Bonfield), associated primarily with county Wexford.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Barfield, Canfield, Barnfield, Bonfield, Winfield, Benefield

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Banfield Family Origin

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Banfield Family Occupations

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  • Farmer

    42%

  • Laborer

    7%

  • Miner

    5%

  • Farm Laborer

    4%

In 1880, Farmer, Laborer and Miner were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Banfield. A less common occupation for the Banfield family was Farm Laborer. The most common Banfield occupation in the USA was Farmer. 42% of Banfield's were Farmers.

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Banfield Life Expectancy

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