Hancroft Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Hancroft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hancroft Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Hancroft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hancroft is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hancroft click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hancroft? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hancroft is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The 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.

The surname Hancroft is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is most common in: Nottinghamshire, where 33 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent live and West Midlands, where 33 percent live. Barring England this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent live.

Hancroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hancroft has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Hancroft surname fell 84 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Handcroft940/
Ancroft930/
Honcroft881/
Houndcroft785/
Hencraft751/
Housencroft745/
Encraft671/
Osenchroft670/
Chankrob632/
Hangkrow631/
Eisencraft5610/
Jankrob5326/
Jankrow531/
Ankhroub504/
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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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