Beachcroft Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Beachcroft Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Beach- Croft. [Old English béce + croft, a small field]

Beachcroft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
England91:6,190,895170,599
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970

Beachcroft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Beach- Croft. [Old English béce + croft, a small field]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

BEECHCROFT: Local: "the croft where beech-trees abound."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Beachcroft Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Beachcroft Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Beachcroft occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Beachcroft? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Beachcroft reside; 57 percent reside in Australasia and 57 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most prevalent in Australia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 2,076,592. In Australia it is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 62 percent are found, Victoria, where 31 percent are found and Western Australia, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Australia Beachcroft occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 39 percent are found and Wales, where 4 percent are found.

Beachcroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Beachcroft has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 70 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beechcroft908/
Beacroft89472/
Beccroft891/
Beascroft840/
Beadcroft840/
Becroft82558/
Bacroft820/
Watchcroft800/
Beecroft785,235/
Baycroft78267/
Beacraft7878/
Byecroft784/
Bedcroft781/
Baucroft781/
Backroft780/
Becrofft780/
Beecrofts740/
Beetcroft740/
Becraft712,218/
Bycroft71985/
Becroff712/
Bicroft710/
Beecraft67198/
Bakhrouf6711/
Beekroft671/
Boycroft671/
Beecroff671/
Bajkroft671/
Veecroft671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Beachcroft
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