Croft Surname
Approximately 41,979 people bear this surname
Croft Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the croft,' a small farm, a field, an enclosure. Hence such local names as Meadowcroft, Littlecroft, &c.; v. Craft.
'Thanne shaltow come by a croft.': Piers.
(a) Local, 'of Croft,' parishes in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameCroft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,961 | 1:20,180 | 2,550 |
| England | 12,537 | 1:4,444 | 608 |
| Australia | 4,829 | 1:5,590 | 813 |
| Canada | 3,361 | 1:10,963 | 1,642 |
| New Zealand | 1,039 | 1:4,358 | 683 |
| Wales | 322 | 1:9,610 | 1,057 |
| South Africa | 271 | 1:199,918 | 21,433 |
| Scotland | 223 | 1:24,008 | 2,658 |
| Northern Ireland | 207 | 1:8,913 | 1,458 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| Guyana | 102 | 1:7,473 | 1,214 |
| France | 93 | 1:714,223 | 89,679 |
| Ireland | 60 | 1:78,482 | 4,686 |
| Russia | 60 | 1:2,402,051 | 140,927 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Spain | 50 | 1:935,041 | 35,950 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Thailand | 43 | 1:1,642,752 | 213,663 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Isle of Man | 35 | 1:2,452 | 488 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Anguilla | 8 | 1:1,680 | 152 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 | 1:9,200 | 695 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Angola | 2 | 1:13,494,607 | 11,780 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1:13,510,346 | 23,679 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 120 | 1:36,916 | 3,461 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,880 | 1:3,543 | 505 |
| Wales | 116 | 1:13,521 | 806 |
| Scotland | 73 | 1:51,277 | 3,490 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:8,164 | 1,328 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,466 | 1:14,489 | 1,853 |
Croft (189) may also be a first name.
Croft Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the croft,' a small farm, a field, an enclosure. Hence such local names as Meadowcroft, Littlecroft, &c.; v. Craft.
'Thanne shaltow come by a croft.': Piers.
(a) Local, 'of Croft,' parishes in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire.
Johannes del Croft, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus del Croft, 1379: ibid.
Ricardus de Crofte, 1379: ibid.
Walter in the Crofte, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Thomas in le Croft, Fines Roll, 14 Edward II.
Roger de Crofte, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William de Croft, Yorkshire, ibid.
1669. Baptised — Hanna, d. George Croft: St. James, Clerkenwell.
Local. There are small places of this name in Scotland. Thomas Crofts and David Crofts held land under the Abbey of Aberbrothoc, 1485 (RAA., II, p. 222). Thomas Croftis appears again in 1524 (ibid., p. 442).
(English) Dweller at a Small Field or a Small Farm [Old English croft] For swiche [such] cometh to my croft And croppeth my whete.— Piers Plowman, 3858-9.
(English) One who came from Croft (enclosure), the name of several places in England; dweller at the small, enclosed field.
Places in cos. Leicester, Lincoln, York, Durham, and Hereford. Croft castle, in the first-named county, was the seat of an ancient family to which it gave name.
Local. A town of the same name in England; a small field near a dwelling.
A location name in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Yorkshire; or from the Dutch, Kroft; a personal name.
Croft: (Anglo-Saxon), a small enclosure; hence the surnames Croft, Holcroft, Crofton. Bancroft is a beancroft. Haycroft, one hedged about. In the West of England corrupted to Crap, Lillicrap, the little croft.
Croft Demographics
Average Croft Salary in
United States
$41,277 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Croft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Croft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Croft (Arabic: كروفت) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Croft? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,320th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,600 people. The last name Croft occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Croft are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 661,310th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 189 people.
Croft is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 17,961 people, or 1 in 20,180. In The United States Croft is mostly found in: Georgia, where 12 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States this last name exists in 104 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.
Croft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Croft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Croft last name rose 518 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 278 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 305 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Croft Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Croft surname is chiefly Anglican (61%) in Ireland and Orthodox (67%) in Russia.
In The United States Croft are 18.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.97% registered with the political party.
The amount Croft earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 103.11% more than the national average, earning R 482,676 per year; in United States they earn 4.34% less than the national average, earning $41,277 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.68% less than the national average, earning $47,357 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crofts | 91 | 8,102 | / |
| Crofft | 91 | 6 | / |
| Crofte | 91 | 4 | / |
| Crooft | 91 | 4 | / |
| Scroft | 91 | 3 | / |
| Crof | 89 | 5 | / |
| Schroft | 83 | 82 | / |
| Scrofft | 83 | 43 | / |
| Crowfts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Crosfts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Croffts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Craft | 80 | 47,075 | / |
| Kroft | 80 | 1,740 | / |
| Croff | 80 | 1,395 | / |
| Cropf | 80 | 82 | / |
| Crofs | 80 | 5 | / |
| Šroft | 80 | 2 | / |
| Crofe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Crofp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Crouf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Croftová | 77 | 2 | / |
| Crafts | 73 | 159 | / |
| Krofft | 73 | 129 | / |
| Crafft | 73 | 23 | / |
| Chraft | 73 | 15 | / |
| Crowte | 73 | 13 | / |
| Crowtz | 73 | 6 | / |
| Scraft | 73 | 5 | / |
| Croffe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Crafte | 73 | 3 | / |
| Croufe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Krofts | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shroft | 73 | 2 | / |
| Croyff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dcraft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kropft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Crawft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Craftd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cropff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Croffs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Craftt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Crauft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Crowth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Krouft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Crowts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Crowfs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Crow | 67 | 46,226 | / |
| Schraft | 67 | 586 | / |
| Krof | 67 | 142 | / |
| Craf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Crob | 67 | 16 | / |
| Crowthe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Crov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crowtch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Craftts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Krofftz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Craffts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kroupft | 67 | 0 | / |
Croft Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Croft in the Arabic language | ||
| كروفت | krwft | - |
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