Last name: BENFIELD
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BENFIELD : This last name is indexed 15,216 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BENFIELD : English: habitational name from one or more of the numerous places in England called Benfield or Binfield which are named from Middle English bent ‘bent-grass’ + feld ‘open country’ or ‘land converted to arable use’ (Old English beonet + feld). See Benefield.
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