Muircroft Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Muircroft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muircroft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland781:68,6395,330
England421:1,326,62059,571
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Muircroft Last Name Facts

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

Muircroft is more frequently found in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muircroft? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,544,715th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Muircroft occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Muircroft live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most common in Scotland, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 68,639. In Scotland it is most common in: North Lanarkshire, where 49 percent live, South Lanarkshire, where 32 percent live and Falkirk, where 10 percent live. Aside from Scotland it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Muircroft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Muircroft surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Muircroft earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.54% more than the national average, earning $63,662 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murcroft940/
Mourcroft891/
Marcroft82948/
Morcroft8230/
Moorcroft784,768/
Morrcroft780/
Moorrcroft741/
Moorcrof715/
Marcraft712/
Morcraft711/
Moorcraft67374/
Moorkroft671/
Moorkroof562/
Moorcraff561/

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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 Muircroft
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