Haycroft Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Haycroft Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hay-croft,' from residence therein; v. Hay and Croft or Craft.

Hugo de la Heycroft, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William a la Heycrofte, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Haycroft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1761:153,38516,171
England801:696,47639,547
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1901:128,29111,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Haycroft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the hay-croft,' from residence therein; v. Hay and Croft or Craft.

Hugo de la Heycroft, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William a la Heycrofte, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Robert de Heycrofte, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Johannes Haycroft, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1578. Edward Haycroft or Heycroft: Register of the University of Oxford.

Tristram Heycroft and Mary Horner: Marriage Lic. (London).

1800. Married — John Haycraft and Ann Jordan: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Dweller at 1 the Hay- field [Old English hég, hay + croft, a small field] 2 the Hedged-Field [v. under Hay] Haycraft is the Northern form [v. Craft]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From hay, and croft, a small enclosure: a place for hay-ricks.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Dorset.

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

Haycroft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Haycroft is found most in Australia. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Haycroft? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 887,624th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Haycroft live; 58 percent live in Australasia and 58 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Haycroft is most prevalent in Australia, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 153,385. In Australia Haycroft is most common in: New South Wales, where 43 percent are found, Victoria, where 38 percent are found and Queensland, where 14 percent are found. Other than Australia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Haycroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Haycroft has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Haycroft last name contracted 58 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Haycroft Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Haycroft earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.2% less than the national average, earning $43,127 CAD per year.

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