Where Does the Scofield Surname Come From?

Many Scofield families will find their roots under Schofield, the form most records use. Its meaning, shared with Schofield, is “Hut field”.

• Without the “h” of Schofield, Scofield is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• The same family of names includes Scholefield.
• In the 2010 US Census, 6,048 Americans gave Scofield as their last name (rank 5,731).

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Scofield family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Scofield report, with a museum-style coat of arms.