Duffield (surname)
| Duffield | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
 Duffield Castle | |
| Meaning | (English) Belonging to Duffield, probably the Dove-Field [Old English dufe + feld]. |
| Region of origin | England |
| Related names | Duffeld, Duffell, Duffill, Duffitt, and others |
Duffield is a family name (surname) in the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the United States. The name Duffield is part of the legacy of Anglo-Saxon tribes of Great Britain.
History
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers during the political and religious discontent in England. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and move to North America bore the name Duffield; e.g., John Duffield, a boy of 14, landed in Virginia, USA, in 1622. Benjamin Duffield made New Jersey his home in 1678. Over the next hundred years, the name Duffield was to be found in Philadelphia and other eastern seaboard cities.
Duffield is ranked 10,366 most common out of 88,799 surnames in the United States.[1]
Noteworthy people of the name Duffield
- Andrew Duffield (musician) (born 1958), Australian musician and member of Australian rock band Models (band)
- David Duffield (born 1941), American software businessman
- D. Bethune Duffield (1821–1891), American poet and attorney in Detroit, Michigan
- George Duffield (born 1946), English stable jockey
- Paul Duffield (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
- Peter Duffield (born 1969), an English former professional footballer
- Thomas Duffield (born 1988), Cold Chain Officer, Worcestershire, UK.
- Thomas Duffield (1782–1854), English farmer and Tory politician
- Thomas Duffield (academic), a Master of University College, Oxford, England (1396–8)
- Vivien Duffield (born 1946), British socialite and philanthropist, daughter of businessman Sir Charles Clore
- William Ward Duffield (1823–1907), executive in the coal industry, a railroad construction engineer, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War
See also
- Duffield (disambiguation)