Crofoot Surname

258,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,524 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Crofoot Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crawford,' an imitative corruption. Crowfort marks the intermediate stage. Mr. Lower is unfortunate when he writes: 'Crowfoot. This name may be local, ... but it is more probably derived from some peculiarity of gait on the part of the original bearer.

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Crofoot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4711:246,40323,478
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4681:107,30510,748

Crofoot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crawford,' an imitative corruption. Crowfort marks the intermediate stage. Mr. Lower is unfortunate when he writes: 'Crowfoot. This name may be local, ... but it is more probably derived from some peculiarity of gait on the part of the original bearer. "To strut like a crow in a gutter" is a proverbial phrase': Patronymica Britannica. For many American variants, v. Crofford.

1736. Henry Crowefoot, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1796. Married — William Crowfoot, or Crawford, and Eleanor Wallace: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Crawford,' which see. The usual English variant is Crowfoot, which see. The forms here given are all peculiar to the United States.

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

This name may be local. See Crow, and the termination FOOT; but it is more probably derived from some peculiarity of gait on the part of the original bearer. ' To strut like a crow in a gutter, is a proverbial phrase.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Doubtless the same as Crawford, Crawfurd, Craufurd, and Craufuird; from Crawford, name of two parishes in Scotland co. Lanark, and of a parish of England co. Dorset; also the appellation of eight counties in the U.S., and of a town­ship New York. But see Hazlefoot.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

The Crawfords take their name from the Lanarkshire village 50 miles south of Glasgow and 53 miles north of Carlisle. The name refers to a ford (river crossing) near a colony of crows. The name can also derive from the nearby village of Crawfordjohn, also in Lanarkshire. Crawford Castle residence of William Wallace, which lies a mile to the north.

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Crofoot Last Name Facts

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

Crofoot is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crofoot? popularity and diffusion

Crofoot is the 258,244th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,781,854 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Crofoot are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,471 people, or 1 in 246,403. In The United States Crofoot is most numerous in: Michigan, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Crofoot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Crofoot has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Crofoot surname expanded 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Crofoot Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Crofoot surname are 20.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.31% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Crofoot earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 13.39% more than the national average, earning $48,925 USD per year and in Canada they earn 55.62% more than the national average, earning $77,315 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crowfoot93786/
Croffoot93188/
Croofoot931/
Crofoote930/
Crofot923/
Crofott864/
Croffot863/
Crofout861/
Crofost861/
Crafoot860/
Crofo839/
Crawfoot8049/
Crowfout803/
Crowffot801/
Crowfood800/
Croffott800/
Crofut77349/
Crofos773/
Crofat771/
Qcrawfoot752/
Crousfoth751/
Crofutt71288/
Croffut7185/
Crofate7110/
Crafoth711/
Crofast711/
Crowfat710/
Crawfot710/
Crowfut710/
Crofatt710/
Crafood710/
Craufot710/
Croffutt678/
Crofa672/
Croufutt671/

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