Canfield

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Camfield, Campfield, Cansfield

Etymology 1

Two main origins:

• Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
• Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

Proper noun

Canfield (countable and uncountable, plural Canfields)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
   2. An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
   4. A city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
   6. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Canfield is the 3117^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11560 individuals. Canfield is most common among White (94.12%) individuals.

Derived terms

• canfieldite
• Great Canfield
• Little Canfield

 

Etymology 2

Named after US gambler Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914).

Noun

Canfield (uncountable)

1. (UK) A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
   • 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 238:

     I went over by the card table and looked down at the game. It was Canfield.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Canfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 279.