Luckarift Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Luckarift Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Leacroft,' a township in the parish of Cannock, Staffordshire The suffix -croft is frequently found as -craft; v. Craft A novel published several years ago by Messrs. Besant and Rice, entitled The Case of Mr.

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Luckarift 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
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jersey101:5,188903
England31:8,125,123158,686

Luckarift Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Leacroft,' a township in the parish of Cannock, Staffordshire The suffix -croft is frequently found as -craft; v. Craft A novel published several years ago by Messrs. Besant and Rice, entitled The Case of Mr. Lucraft, has helped to give prominence to this surname. There can be little doubt that all the above forms are variants of Leycraft or Leacroft. Of course smaller spots than Leacroft in Staffordshire may have originated the surname, as the term leacroft would be a common place-word; v. Lea and Croft.

Francis Leycrofte, or Leighcrofte, London, 1584: Register of the University of Oxford.

1601. Buried — Sara, d. Samson Lecraft, armorer: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1607. Baptised — Richard, s. Sampson Leycrafte, brasier: ibid.

1608. Buried — Samson Leycrofte, brasier: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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Luckarift Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luckarift occurs most in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Luckarift.

How Common Is The Last Name Luckarift? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Luckarift is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Luckarift live; 85 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England Luckarift is most prevalent in: South Yorkshire, where 91 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 9 percent are found. Besides England this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Luckarift Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Luckarift has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Luckarift last name increased 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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