Bonfield
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English and Irish habitational surname of Norman origin, from an altered form of any of three places in France called Bonneville.
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bonfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Norman
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Norman
- en:Townships
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Villages in Illinois, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States