Last Name LITCHFIELD

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Meaning Local: Of Lichfield, a city in county Stafford.
From the Saxon 'lich,' a dead carcase, and field, because a great many suffered martyrdom there in the time of Diocletian. The name of a bishop's see in Staffordshire.
Origin English, Irish, Anglo-saxon

Rank 7,198 (2000 US census) 7,080 (1990 US census)
Count 4,276 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.59%, or 4130 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.05%, or 45 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.16%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.23%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.96%, or 41 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.01%, or 43 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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