Brakefield

English

Etymology

Topographic surname, from Old English bracu (“brake, thicket”) + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Brakefield (plural Brakefields)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brakefield is the 18609^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1480 individuals. Brakefield is most common among White (92.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brakefield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 214.

Anagrams

• Breakfield