Luckraft Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Luckraft 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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Luckraft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1221:456,70530,074
United States611:5,941,950288,805
Australia571:473,60936,415
Wales41:773,63329,106
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:286,76919,769
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Luckraft 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

Luckraft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luckraft is found most in England. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luckraft? popularity and diffusion

The surname Luckraft is the 1,022,958th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Luckraft live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 456,705. In England Luckraft is primarily concentrated in: Surrey, where 16 percent are found, Devon, where 12 percent are found and Essex, where 8 percent are found. Outside of England it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 23 percent are found.

Luckraft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Luckraft has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Luckraft last name expanded 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Luckraft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Luckraft surname are 7.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.71% being registered with the party.

Luckraft earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.07% less than the national average, earning $38,372 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luckcraft942/
Lucraft93198/
Loucraft8842/
Leucraft880/
Laudcraft820/
Locraft8064/
Lucroft800/
Luccroft750/
Ligcroft631/
Loocroft630/
Lucrow572/
Lukrov571/
Locraw571/
Lockrow53218/

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