Hancroft Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Hancroft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Hancroft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hancroft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hancroft is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hancroft click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hancroft? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hancroft is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Hancroft live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Hancroft is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is mostly found in: Nottinghamshire, where 33 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent are found and West Midlands, where 33 percent are found. Besides England this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Hancroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hancroft has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Hancroft surname contracted 84 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handcroft | 94 | 0 | / |
| Ancroft | 93 | 0 | / |
| Honcroft | 88 | 1 | / |
| Houndcroft | 78 | 5 | / |
| Hencraft | 75 | 1 | / |
| Housencroft | 74 | 5 | / |
| Encraft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osenchroft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Chankrob | 63 | 2 | / |
| Hangkrow | 63 | 1 | / |
| Eisencraft | 56 | 10 | / |
| Jankrob | 53 | 26 | / |
| Jankrow | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ankhroub | 50 | 4 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hancroft
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