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Winfield Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places now called Wingfield. North and South Wingfield in Derbyshire are evidently named with Old English wynn ‘meadow’, ‘pasture’ + feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’. A place of this name in Bedfordshire may have as it first element a topographical term or bird name wince (see Winch). One in Suffolk was probably either the ‘field of the people of Wiga’ (a short form of any of various compound names formed with wig ‘war’), or else derives its first element from Old English weoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’.

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


Similar surnames: Winkfield, Infield, Enfield, Banfield, Whitfield, Kenfield, Warfield

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Winfield Ethnicity Estimate

What are the common regions with the Winfield name?

These results combine data from everyone in the AncestryDNA® database with the last name Winfield. The Ancestry® ethnicity regions shown are top five most common on average for these people.

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  • England & Wales

    46%

  • Ireland & Scotland

    16%

  • Cameroon, Congo, & Southern Bantu Peoples

    8%

  • Benin/Togo

    6%

  • Germanic Europe

    6%

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Winfield Family Origin

Where is the Winfield family from?

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    You can see how Winfield families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Winfield family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Winfield families were found in the UK in 1891. In 1840 there were 30 Winfield families living in New York. This was about 34% of all the recorded Winfield's in the USA. New York had the highest population of Winfield families in 1840.
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    Winfield Family Occupations

    What did your Winfield ancestors do for a living?

    In 1880, Farmer, Laborer and Keeping House were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Winfield. A less common occupation for the Winfield family was Farm Laborer. The most common Winfield occupation in the USA was Farmer. 32% of Winfield's were Farmers.

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    • Farmer

      32%

    • Laborer

      13%

    • Keeping House

      5%

    • Farm Laborer

      5%

    Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Winfield ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.

    Winfield Historical Records

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    Census Record

    There are 83,000 census records available for the last name Winfield. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Winfield census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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    Passenger List

    There are 5,000 immigration records available for the last name Winfield. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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    Draft Card

    There are 11,000 military records available for the last name Winfield. For the veterans among your Winfield ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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    Winfield Life Expectancy

    What is the average Winfield lifespan?

    Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Winfield life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1950, and highest in 2001. The average life expectancy for Winfield in 1941 was 29, and 73 in 2004.

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