Craft Surname
Approximately 47,075 people bear this surname
Craft Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the croft,' a northern form of Croft, which see, compare Crapper for Cropper, Cracraft and Meadowcraft for Cracroft and Meadowcroft.
Roger de Crafte, Bedfordshireord, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameCraft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41,122 | 1:8,814 | 1,064 |
| England | 1,600 | 1:34,824 | 4,600 |
| Australia | 1,058 | 1:25,516 | 3,470 |
| Canada | 834 | 1:44,179 | 5,457 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Russia | 297 | 1:485,263 | 45,047 |
| Israel | 182 | 1:47,020 | 6,234 |
| India | 135 | 1:5,681,966 | 136,010 |
| New Zealand | 121 | 1:37,424 | 6,365 |
| Scotland | 73 | 1:73,340 | 5,569 |
| Philippines | 68 | 1:1,488,797 | 104,347 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Wales | 47 | 1:65,841 | 5,810 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| Kazakhstan | 32 | 1:552,578 | 39,450 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Jamaica | 17 | 1:168,820 | 5,436 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Belize | 12 | 1:29,623 | 2,063 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Vietnam | 8 | 1:11,580,757 | 2,851 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 642 | 1:37,968 | 4,893 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,056 | 1:8,292 | 1,065 |
Craft (297) may also be a first name.
Craft Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the croft,' a northern form of Croft, which see, compare Crapper for Cropper, Cracraft and Meadowcraft for Cracroft and Meadowcroft.
Roger de Crafte, Bedfordshireord, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
1620. Baptised — Robart, s. Christopher Craft: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1786. Married — Edward Craft and Betty Hunt: St. George, Hanover Square.
A Northern form of Croft, q.v I shortly boost [need] to pasture I’ the craft some day.—Burns, ‘ A Dream.
(English) Dweller in the small, enclosed field.
A northern pronunciation of Croft.
A northern corruption of croft, a little close adjoining a house. compare the names Calcraft, Horsecraft, &c. It may also sometimes be from Anglo-Saxon cræfta, a craftsman, or the same as the German names Craft, Crafto, Kraft; probably from kraft, strength, force, power. Ferguson mentions an Old German Crafto as the name of a member of a noble family in the twelfth or thirteenth century, and he gives a Ludwig Craft, A. D. 1656.
Or De Turville, from T. near Pont-Audemer, derived from Torf de Torfville (La Roque, Mais. Harc. ii. 1927), from whom descended Geoffry de Turville 1124 (Ord. Vitalis, 880; Mon. i. 519, ii. 309), who had grants from the Earl of Leicester and Mellent in England. Ralph De Turville gave the church of Craft to De la Pré Priory, Leicester (Mon. ii. 312), to which Geoffry and Robert de Craft also contributed (Ib.). Roger de Craft and Simon de Turville Craft also held fiefs of the Honour of Leicester (Testa, 254,255), being evidently of the same family.
From the Danish, Kraft; from the German, Kraft, Kroft; a personal name.
Craft Demographics
Average Male Craft Height
176.61 cm
Average Female Craft Height
163.08 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Craft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Craft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Craft occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Craft? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,929th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 154,807 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Craft reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Craft is also the 511,663rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 297 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 41,122 people, or 1 in 8,814. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Georgia, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 105 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Craft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Craft has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Craft surname expanded 679 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 249 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 392 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Craft Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Craft last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Protestant (25%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Craft surname are 15.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.64% being registered with the party.
The amount Craft earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 167.01% more than the national average, earning 924,070 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 143.93% more than the national average, earning R 579,672 per year; in United States they earn 4.18% less than the national average, earning $41,344 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.59% more than the national average, earning $52,957 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crafts | 91 | 159 | / |
| Crafft | 91 | 23 | / |
| Chraft | 91 | 15 | / |
| Scraft | 91 | 5 | / |
| Crafte | 91 | 3 | / |
| Dcraft | 91 | 1 | / |
| Crawft | 91 | 1 | / |
| Craftd | 91 | 1 | / |
| Crauft | 91 | 0 | / |
| Craftt | 91 | 0 | / |
| Craf | 89 | 21 | / |
| Schraft | 83 | 586 | / |
| Craftts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Craffts | 83 | 0 | / |
| Kraft | 80 | 95,287 | / |
| Croft | 80 | 41,979 | / |
| Craff | 80 | 376 | / |
| Crawt | 80 | 125 | / |
| Crafe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Crawf | 80 | 5 | / |
| Crafs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Craaf | 80 | 3 | / |
| Craif | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sraft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zraft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jraft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Crapf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Crabt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Crauf | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schrafft | 77 | 178 | / |
| Crofts | 73 | 8,102 | / |
| Krafft | 73 | 7,878 | / |
| Kraftt | 73 | 303 | / |
| Crawte | 73 | 172 | / |
| Craffe | 73 | 122 | / |
| Krafte | 73 | 56 | / |
| Krauft | 73 | 27 | / |
| Shraft | 73 | 24 | / |
| Crofft | 73 | 6 | / |
| Krafth | 73 | 6 | / |
| Crofte | 73 | 4 | / |
| Crooft | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kraftz | 73 | 4 | / |
| Scroft | 73 | 3 | / |
| Craffs | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kraift | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kkraft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Krapft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cratfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kreaft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kraaft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Craw | 67 | 2,713 | / |
| Crab | 67 | 634 | / |
| Crav | 67 | 199 | / |
| Kraf | 67 | 182 | / |
| Schroft | 67 | 82 | / |
| Scrofft | 67 | 43 | / |
| Kraffth | 67 | 12 | / |
| Shrafth | 67 | 11 | / |
| Crof | 67 | 5 | / |
| Qraf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crowfts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crosfts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Croffts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kraufft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shrafft | 67 | 0 | / |
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Craft Reference & Research
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