Crockford Surname

110,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Malta

Crockford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crockford,' seemingly some small locality in Oxfordshire.

Walter de Crukeford, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1687. William Welles and Joane Crockford: Marriage Alleg.

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Crockford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,9991:27,8733,774
Australia7961:33,9144,477
United States5901:614,33749,789
Canada4821:76,4438,609
Wales1001:30,9453,130
Malta601:7,171476
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Scotland431:124,5077,876
Northern Ireland341:54,2664,423
Ireland151:313,92910,911
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Finland71:785,24338,644
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9891:24,6463,420
Wales261:60,3242,968
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Crockford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crockford,' seemingly some small locality in Oxfordshire.

Walter de Crukeford, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1687. William Welles and Joane Crockford: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1690. Married — Joseph Crockford and Dorcas Dring: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) Dweller at the Crook- Ford [Middle English crok (cp. Old Norse krók-r, a crook, bend) + Middle English Old Englishford]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Possibly Crocketford, a village in co. Kirkcudbright.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Kircudbright.

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

Crockford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crockford occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Crockford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crockford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 110,363rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,730,187 people. The last name Crockford occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Crockford are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 1,999 people, or 1 in 27,873. In England it is most common in: Hampshire, where 18 percent live, Greater London, where 14 percent live and Essex, where 8 percent live. Besides England it exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Crockford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Crockford has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 868 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 385 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 1,500 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Crockford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Crockford surname are 5.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.42% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Crockford earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 36.52% more than the national average, earning R 324,420 per year; in United States they earn 8.54% more than the national average, earning $46,836 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.19% more than the national average, earning $51,266 CAD per year.

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