Rayfield

English

Alternative forms

• Raffield

Etymology

From an unrecorded Old English male given name *Ræfweald, from an uncertain first element + weald (“power”).

Proper noun

Rayfield (plural Rayfields)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rayfield is the 12659^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2443 individuals. Rayfield is most common among White (83.38%) and Black/African American (12.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rayfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.