Cranfield

English

Etymology

From Old English cran (“crane”) + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Cranfield (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfields)

1. A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9542).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cranfield is the 30165^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 777 individuals. Cranfield is most common among White (85.33%) and Black/African American (10.04%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cranfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 380.

Anagrams

• fricandel