Craft Surname

11,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

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.

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Craft Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41,1221:8,8141,064
England1,6001:34,8244,600
Australia1,0581:25,5163,470
Canada8341:44,1795,457
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Russia2971:485,26345,047
Israel1821:47,0206,234
India1351:5,681,966136,010
New Zealand1211:37,4246,365
Scotland731:73,3405,569
Philippines681:1,488,797104,347
Indonesia581:2,280,159138,233
Wales471:65,8415,810
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Pakistan341:5,254,23233,450
Kazakhstan321:552,57839,450
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
France201:3,321,136213,627
China171:80,430,6804,441
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Belarus131:730,85159,297
Belize121:29,6232,063
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6421:37,9684,893
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,0561:8,2921,065

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 Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A Northern form of Croft, q.v I shortly boost [need] to pasture I’ the craft some day.—Burns, ‘ A Dream.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the small, enclosed field.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A northern pronunciation of Croft.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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.

— The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Kraft; from the German, Kraft, Kroft; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Craft Demographics

Craft Religious Adherence
in Russia

Sample size: 18 (2016)

Religious Adherence
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Craft Last Name Facts

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

Craft occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Craft? popularity and diffusion

The last name Craft is the 11,929th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 154,807 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Craft reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 511,663rd most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 297 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 41,122 people, or 1 in 8,814. In The United States Craft is mostly found in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Georgia, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States Craft exists in 105 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Craft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Craft has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 679 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 249 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 392 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Craft Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Craft last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Protestant (25%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Craft 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.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Dcraft911/
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Craftts831/
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Kraft8095,287/
Croft8041,979/
Craff80376/
Crawt80125/
Crafe8012/
Crawf805/
Crafs803/
Craaf803/
Craif802/
Sraft801/
Zraft801/
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Crabt800/
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Schrafft77178/
Crofts738,102/
Krafft737,878/
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Schroft6782/
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