Where does the last name Lingerfelt come from?

Question

i would like to know where my last name Lingerfelt came from and stuff

Answer 1

From Ancestry.com:

Lingerfelt: Americanized spelling of German Lingenfeld, a habitational name from a place so named in the Palatinate [a region in Germany].

Info on Lingenfeld:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingenfeld

Answer 2

UK answer.

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name.

Lingerfelt Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of German Lingenfeld, a habitational name from a place so named in the Palatinate.

hope this helps.

Answer 3

The meaning of the surname LINGERFELT is - dweller at, or near an enclosure where land was free from wood, a field.

Origin : German.