Bousfield
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse buske (“bush”) + Old English feld (“field”).
Proper noun
editBousfield (plural Bousfields)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bousfield is the 98982nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 183 individuals. Bousfield is most common among White (93.99%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bousfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206.