Last Name HATFIELD

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Meaning	Local: Of Hatfield, an extensive village parish seven miles north-east from Doncaster. Also 'of Hatfield,' parishes in counties Hereford and Herford. Local: From a town in Hertfordshire also in Essex and Yorkshire, England. Bailey says it is from 'Hat,' hot, Saxon, and field - from the hot sandy soil. 'Houtfield,' the field in the wood, from 'hout,' Dutch, a wood. Perhaps the same as Heathfield.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	956 (2000 US census)	723 (1990 US census)

Count	33,464 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.68%, or 31349 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.77%, or 927 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 120 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.61%, or 204 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.32%, or 442 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.26%, or 422 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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