Find out how popular the last name Tuckfield is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Tuckfield.

Tuckfield, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Tuckfield surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tuckfield in America

Tuckfield is the 109258th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tuckfield surname appeared 162 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Tuckfield.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tuckfield to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Tuckfield

The surname Tuckfield is of English origin and can be traced back to the late 12th century. It is a locational surname derived from a place name, likely referring to a field or an area of land that was used for tucking or fulling cloth. The name may have originated in the county of Somerset or other areas of southwestern England where the cloth trade was prominent during the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Tuckfield can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Somerset from 1195, where a person named Richard de Tuckfield is mentioned. This suggests that the name was already established in the region by the late 12th century.

The Tuckfield surname also appears in various historical records from the 13th and 14th centuries, such as the Hundred Rolls of 1273 and the Lay Subsidy Rolls of 1327. These records indicate that families with this surname were present in counties like Somerset, Dorset, and Devon during this period.

In the 16th century, a notable figure with the Tuckfield surname was Thomas Tuckfield (c. 1540-1607), an English clergyman and author who served as the vicar of Radstock in Somerset. He is known for his published work titled "A Treatise Against Painting and Tincturing of Men and Women" (1616), which criticized the use of cosmetics and dyes.

Another notable individual was Sir Edward Tuckfield (1593-1668), an English politician and lawyer who served as a Member of Parliament for Somerset during the English Civil War. He was initially a supporter of the Parliamentarian cause but later switched sides and became a Royalist.

In the 18th century, John Tuckfield (1717-1789) was a prominent English architect and surveyor based in Bristol. He was responsible for designing several notable buildings in the city, including the Bristol Exchange and the St. Michael's Church.

The Tuckfield surname has also been associated with certain place names in England, such as Tuckfield Green in Somerset and Tuckfield Farm in Dorset. These place names likely derived from the surname itself, reflecting the presence of Tuckfield families in those areas.

It is worth noting that variations in spelling, such as Tuckfeild, Tuckefeild, and Tuckfyld, were common in historical records due to the lack of standardized spelling conventions in earlier periods.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tuckfield

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Tuckfield.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Tuckfield was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Tuckfield has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Tuckfield was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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