The Warfield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,443 people carried this name — #4,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,301 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Warfield surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

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

In print

Warfield in American newspapers,
1904–1914.

Newspaper page from Heppner Gazette carrying the name Warfield
Heppner Gazette 1904-10-20
Newspaper page from The Columbia Herald carrying the name Warfield
The Columbia Herald 1914-04-10
Newspaper page from Heppner Gazette carrying the name Warfield
Heppner Gazette 1904-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 110,346 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Warfield in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

4,302 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Warfield. The most, 1,997, date from the 1930s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 5.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 2,742
New South Wales 673
Western Australia 279
Victoria 216
South Australia 161
Tasmania 89
Northern Territory 53
ACT (Canberra) 32

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

Who carried it

People named Warfield,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elisha Warfield
    Elisha Warfield 1781–1859 · physician
  • Catherine Anne Warfield
    Catherine Anne Warfield 1816–1877 · writer
  • Edwin Warfield
    Edwin Warfield 1848–1920 · teacher
  • S. Davies Warfield
    S. Davies Warfield 1859–1927 · financier
  • Ethelbert Dudley Warfield
    Ethelbert Dudley Warfield 1861–1936 · theologian
  • Richard Warfield 1594–

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 Warfield,
in the records of 4 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 States655 records

655 records of the Warfield name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 320
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 178
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 89
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John G. Warfield

    Born 1920 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; woodworker from Vermilion County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Danville National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Edward F. Warfield

    Born 1930; from Baltimore City, Maryland. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; declared dead 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Warfield

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 28; engineer. Bound for Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 655 records for Warfield 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia23 records

23 records of the Warfield name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 15
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Warfield

    Arrived in Queensland in 1874 aboard the Great Britain, aged 2.

    Queensland State Archives (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 Annie Warfield

    Arrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Otway, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Catherine M. Warfield

    Of Caulfield, Victoria; died 1973.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Warfield in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Warfield name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jeremy Stewart Warfield

    Buried in 1993 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ada Catherine Warfield

    Died 1964 in Wileville, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    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 William Warfield

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Warfield 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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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 Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Warfield name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Warfield

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Warfield

    Lance Corporal, Devonshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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