Hartfield

English

Etymology

From Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Hartfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hartfields)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4735).
   2. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hartfield is the 9578^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3394 individuals. Hartfield is most common among Black/African American (52.92%) and White (41.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hartfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135.