Blofield

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Blofeld

Etymology

From Old English blāw (“blue”) + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Blofield (countable and uncountable, plural Blofields)

1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3309).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blofield is the 23763^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 175 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blofield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174.