Canfield

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Camfield, Campfield, Cansfield

Etymology 1

Two main origins:

• Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
• Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

Proper noun

Canfield (countable and uncountable, plural Canfields)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
   2. An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
   4. A city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
   6. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• canfieldite
• Great Canfield
• Little Canfield

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Canfield is the 3117^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11560 individuals. Canfield is most common among White (94.12%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Named after US gambler Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914).

Noun

Canfield (uncountable)

1. (UK) A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
   • 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 238:

     I went over by the card table and looked down at the game. It was Canfield.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Canfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 279.