Croughton Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Croughton Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Croughton = (prob.) the Crook-Farm (Middle English crough-, crok, Old Norse krók-r, a crook, bend, corner + Middle English -ton, tun, Old English tún] Cp. Broughton = Old English Bróctun.

Croughton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England831:671,30238,633
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England861:283,43519,633
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Croughton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Croughton = (prob.) the Crook-Farm (Middle English crough-, crok, Old Norse krók-r, a crook, bend, corner + Middle English -ton, tun, Old English tún] Cp. Broughton = Old English Bróctun.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Crowton, a parish in Cheshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A parish in Northampt. and a township in Cheshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Northamptonshire.

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

Croughton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Croughton is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Croughton? popularity and diffusion

Croughton is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Croughton live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 671,302. In England Croughton is primarily found in: Cheshire, where 45 percent are found, Kent, where 19 percent are found and East Sussex, where 10 percent are found. Outside of England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Croughton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Croughton has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Croughton last name fell 3 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crughton940/
Croighton892/
Kroughton890/
Scrughton890/
Craghton820/
Creighton7820,005/
Craighton78228/
Creyghton78166/
Crieghton7822/
Creaghton780/
Creeghton780/
Creinghton747/
Chreighton740/
Kreighton6711/
Creightan670/
Kreightamn530/

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