Burchfield

English

Alternative forms

• Birchfield

Etymology

Topographic surname, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + feld (“open country”).

Proper noun

Burchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Burchfields)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Burchfield is the 5274^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6612 individuals. Burchfield is most common among White (92.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Burchfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 253.