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Surname Etymology and Meaning of SCHOFIELD

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English (mainly northern): habitational name from any of various minor places, in Lancashire and elsewhere, named from Middle English sc(h)ole ‘hut’ (see Scales) + feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)