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The springfield Surname

springfield Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Essex, recorded in Domesday Book as Springinghefelda and as Springafelda, probably from Old English Springingafeld ‘pasture (feld) of the people who live by a spring’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of springfield Families in the US in 1920

Number of springfield families

34-65

12-33

1-11

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Murray county Georgia Springfields	Cindy Owenby	1
Sallie J. Springfield	Cindy Owenby	4
Springfield/Langston Cemetery Re-Dedication	jjones3549_1	0
William H. Springfield from England	Cee Cee Combs	9
SPRINGFIELD Paul A 1896-1957	t42RoseHill	0
SPRINGFIELD Agnes 1861-1943	t42RoseHill	0
J.W. Springfield + Julia Miller from Bossier parrish La.	l.siemen	2
Searching for Descendents	jjones3549_1	0
W.H. Springfield	CeeCeeCombs	1
Springfields from Murray County Georgia	Cindy Owenby	0

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