The Mayfield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,805 people carried this name — #1,184 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 29,136 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

32 families named Mayfield, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 166 people lived in those households, 5.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

South Carolina 25
North Carolina 6
Massachusetts 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 251 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Mayfield in American newspapers,
1875–1924.

Newspaper page from The Nashville Globe carrying the name Mayfield
The Nashville Globe 1909-04-30
Newspaper page from The Kenosha Telegraph carrying the name Mayfield
The Kenosha Telegraph 1875-06-17
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Mayfield
The Milwaukee Leader 1924-01-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 98,619 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mayfield in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

12,323 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mayfield. The most, 2,362, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 5,674
New South Wales 3,123
Queensland 1,704
Victoria 1,085
Western Australia 408
Tasmania 254
ACT (Canberra) 29
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Mayfield,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Earle Bradford Mayfield
    Earle Bradford Mayfield 1881–1964 · lawyer
  • Cleo Mayfield
    Cleo Mayfield 1888–1954 · aircraft pilot
  • James Jefferson Mayfield 1861–1927 · judge
  • Arthur Mayfield 1868–1956 · teacher
  • Edwin Mayfield 1870–1961 · rugby union player
  • Percy Mayfield 1872–1943

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mayfield,
in the records of 5 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 States1,541 records

1,541 records of the Mayfield name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 947
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 416
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 63
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 44
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 29
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 26
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jolly F. Mayfield

    Born 1916 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; farm hand from Sebastian County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Bates Cemetery, Batesville, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Mayfield

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Koenig Albert from Cherbourg, aged 22; servant. From New York City, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James E. Mayfield

    Born 1932; from Laurens County, South Carolina. U.S. Army, pioneer; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,541 records for Mayfield 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia261 records

261 records of the Mayfield name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 132
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 64
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 30
  • Tasmanian Names Index 26
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Ann Mayfield

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lloyds, sailing from London in 1845. Native of Carlton, Nottinghamshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1847.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Samuel Mayfield

    Arrived in Queensland in 1884 aboard the Earl Derby, aged 17.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry F. Mayfield

    Retired of Sth Aust, Victoria; died 1947.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 261 records for Mayfield in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Mayfield name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edwin George Mayfield

    Buried in 1979 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 55.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Edward Mayfield

    Died 1973 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 78.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Freddy Mayfield

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Mayfield in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Mayfield name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Hannah Mayfield

    Buried in 1826 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 50.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Mayfield

    Lancashire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Mayfield in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Mayfield name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Luke Johnson Mayfield

    Died 1950, aged 55; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Maud Irwin Mayfield

    Died 1983, aged 85; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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