Foxcroft Surname

180,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Foxcroft Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Fox- Croft [Old English fox + croft, a small field]

Foxcroft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9751:55,5677,064
England7591:73,4108,367
Canada2761:133,49913,853
Australia1341:201,46019,724
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
Northern Ireland291:63,6224,809
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Wales101:309,45316,869
Malta41:107,5681,849
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4431:55,0236,556
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Foxcroft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Fox- Croft [Old English fox + croft, a small field]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Foxcroft Last Name Facts

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

Foxcroft is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foxcroft? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foxcroft is the 180,438th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 3,085,328 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Foxcroft reside; 41 percent reside in Southern Africa and 41 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Foxcroft is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 975 people, or 1 in 55,567. In South Africa Foxcroft is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 40 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 13 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 12 percent reside.

Foxcroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Foxcroft has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Foxcroft last name expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 540 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Foxcroft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Foxcroft surname are 30.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.92% registered with the party.

The amount Foxcroft earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 49.11% more than the national average, earning R 354,348 per year; in United States they earn 25.95% more than the national average, earning $54,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.76% more than the national average, earning $59,500 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foxcrofft941/
Foxcraft881/
Foscroft881/
Fox-Revett5623/

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