Oldfield
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Offield
Etymology
From Old English eald (“old”) + feld (“field”).
Proper noun
Oldfield (countable and uncountable, plural Oldfields)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A hamlet in Keighley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0037).
- A river in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
- A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Oldfield is the 11226th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2816 individuals. Oldfield is most common among White (93.75%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Oldfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.