Bonfield
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English
Etymology
English and Irish habitational surname of Norman origin, from an altered form of any of three places in France called Bonneville.
Proper noun
Bonfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bonfields)
- (countable) A habitational surname from Norman.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
- A township in Nipissing District, north-east Ontario, Canada, named after James Bonfield.
- A village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States, named after Thomas Bonfield.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bonfield is the 42094th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 516 individuals. Bonfield is most common among White (91.86%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bonfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191.