The Benefield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,004 people carried this name — #5,769 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,937 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Benefield surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Benefield» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Benefield in American newspapers,
1910–1922.

Newspaper page from The Palatka News And Advertiser carrying the name Benefield
The Palatka News And Advertiser 1910-12-30
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Benefield
The Milwaukee Leader 1922-03-17
Newspaper page from The Palatka News And Advertiser carrying the name Benefield
The Palatka News And Advertiser 1910-12-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,374 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Benefield in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

256 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Benefield. The most, 83, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 12.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 179
New South Wales 29
Queensland 28
Victoria 13
Western Australia 4
South Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Benefield.

Who carried it

People named Benefield,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jim Benefield d. 2011 · classical scholar
  • Barry Benefield 1877–1971 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Benefield,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States301 records

301 records of the Benefield name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 207
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arnold M. Benefield

    Born 1913 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Myer, Virginia; office clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Culpeper National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Denson H. Benefield

    Born 1931; from Talladega County, Alabama. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Phillip Reece Benefield

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1995; buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 301 records for Benefield in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia41 records

41 records of the Benefield name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 25
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emily Benefield

    Arrived in Queensland in 1912 aboard the Waipara, aged 35.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Herbert Edgar Benefield

    Served in the First World War, private (Tasmanian records).

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Kathleen Winifred Benefield

    Of Warrandyte, Victoria; died 1994.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 41 records for Benefield in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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