Croft Surname

13,320th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,979 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Anguilla

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.

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Croft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,9611:20,1802,550
England12,5371:4,444608
Australia4,8291:5,590813
Canada3,3611:10,9631,642
New Zealand1,0391:4,358683
Wales3221:9,6101,057
South Africa2711:199,91821,433
Scotland2231:24,0082,658
Northern Ireland2071:8,9131,458
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Portugal1421:73,3683,778
Guyana1021:7,4731,214
France931:714,22389,679
Ireland601:78,4824,686
Russia601:2,402,051140,927
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Spain501:935,04135,950
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
Isle of Man351:2,452488
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Denmark181:313,59522,770
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Bermuda121:5,440820
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
India101:76,706,538639,611
Anguilla81:1,680152
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
China61:227,886,92811,701
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Saint Kitts and Nevis61:9,200695
Belize51:71,0952,977
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Malta41:107,5681,849
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Egypt31:30,645,251132,600
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Angola21:13,494,60711,780
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Ghana21:13,510,34623,679
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1201:36,9163,461
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,8801:3,543505
Wales1161:13,521806
Scotland731:51,2773,490
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4661:14,4891,853

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.

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

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).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Croft (enclosure), the name of several places in England; dweller at the small, enclosed field.

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

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A town of the same name in England; a small field near a dwelling.

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

A location name in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Yorkshire; or from the Dutch, Kroft; a personal name.

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

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.

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

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crofts918,102/
Crofft916/
Crofte914/
Crooft914/
Scroft913/
Crof895/
Schroft8382/
Scrofft8343/
Crowfts831/
Crosfts831/
Croffts831/
Craft8047,075/
Kroft801,740/
Croff801,395/
Cropf8082/
Crofs805/
Šroft802/
Crofe802/
Crofp801/
Crouf801/
Croftová772/
Crafts73159/
Krofft73129/
Crafft7323/
Chraft7315/
Crowte7313/
Crowtz736/
Scraft735/
Croffe734/
Crafte733/
Croufe733/
Krofts732/
Shroft732/
Croyff731/
Dcraft731/
Kropft731/
Crawft731/
Craftd731/
Cropff731/
Croffs731/
Craftt730/
Crauft730/
Crowth730/
Krouft730/
Crowts730/
Crowfs730/
Crow6746,226/
Schraft67586/
Krof67142/
Craf6721/
Crob6716/
Crowthe672/
Crov671/
Crowtch671/
Craftts671/
Krofftz670/
Craffts670/
Kroupft670/

Croft Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Croft in the Arabic language
كروفتkrwft-

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