Crocket Surname

386,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 920 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Crocket Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. The origin is undoubtedly local, but I cannot discover the precise spot.

William de Cruket, Southamptonshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Avicia de Cruket, Dorset, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Crocket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5261:689,08554,664
Scotland1241:43,1763,951
Australia1001:269,95724,430
England651:857,20145,134
Canada451:818,79163,991
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Wales51:618,90625,852
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2171:17,2501,832
England1531:159,31613,825
Wales171:92,2604,121
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8581:27,0283,318

Crocket (32) may also be a first name.

Crocket Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. The origin is undoubtedly local, but I cannot discover the precise spot.

William de Cruket, Southamptonshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Avicia de Cruket, Dorset, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Thomas de Cruket, Dorset, ibid.

1647. Married — James Hattch and Jone Crockett: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(Anglo-French-Teut.) Crooked Person [the French Croquet, diminutive of croc, a crook; Old Norse krók-r, a crook, hook, bend] Parmi les notables commerçants de Paris dans la 2e moitié du XVIe siècle se trouvait un Nicolas Croquet.—Moisy, Noms de Fam. Norm., p. 92.

The palatal form Crochet is now the commoner in the Paris Directory.

N.B.—Tire Middle English cro(c)ket, ‘a curl,’ may, as a nickname, also have given rise to this surname.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The little crooked or deformed person.

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

Crooked, bent.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Kroget, Danish, crooked, bowed, bent.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Crocket: A good old nurse, one of the faithful of the past generation, was a Crocket of ancient Norman extraction, doubtless from Criquetot in Normandy.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Crocket Last Name Facts

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

The last name Crocket is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Crocket click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crocket? popularity and diffusion

Crocket is the 386,017th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Crocket reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Crocket is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread forename worldwide, held by 32 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 526 people, or 1 in 689,085. In The United States Crocket is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, Michigan, where 5 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Crocket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Crocket has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Crocket last name decreased 72 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 43 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it decreased 58 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crocket Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Crocket last name are 10.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.86% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Crocket earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.85% less than the national average, earning R 112,044 per year; in United States they earn 11.77% less than the national average, earning $38,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.05% more than the national average, earning $54,676 CAD per year.

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