Upfield

English

Etymology

From Old English upp (“up”) + feld (“field”), a toponymic surname for someone who lived at the upper field.

Proper noun

Upfield (countable and uncountable, plural Upfields)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Upfield is the 23688^th most common surname in England, belonging to 176 individuals.

Further reading

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