Fairfield

== English == === Etymology === From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”). === Proper noun === Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields) A number of places in Australia: A local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Fairfield City Council. A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and the Fairfield council area, New South Wales, Australia. A suburb in north-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. A number of places in England: An eastern suburb of Buxton, High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK0673). A suburb in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4119). A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8211). A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9097). A village in Belbroughton parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9475). A suburb of Evesham, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0342). A settlement next to Wolverley in Wolverley and Cookley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8279). A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Solano County, California. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. A small city, the county seat of Camas County, Idaho. A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa. A town in Somerset County, Maine. A city, the county seat of Freestone County, Texas. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fairfield Township. A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Fairfield is the 11904th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2630 individuals. Fairfield is most common among White (91.1%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fairfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.