The springfield Surname

springfield Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Essex, recorded in Domesday Book as Springinghefelda and as Springafelda, probably from Old English Springingafeld ‘pasture (feld) of the people who live by a spring’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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springfield Family Facts

Emigration Year (AU)Emigration Year (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of springfield Families in the US in 1920

Number of springfield families

34-65

12-33

1-11

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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willie springfield	dixiegirl17	0
Thomas Bennett Springfield	Lois Hurt	24
Springfield	Lois Hurt	6
MARY ANN WILBANKS SPRINGFIELD 1814	springfield991	1
Thomas Springfield 1766	springfield991	1
John Springfield from person county, N.C.	Wally Coffman	1
Sarah Louise Hunter	txbadbabz	2
Hunter Family Sarah Louise	badbabz	0
Immigration List-Springfields	moisme	2
Bennett Springfield SC. to Ga.	Virginia Box	30

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