Roycroft Surname

182,417th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Roycroft Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ryecroft,'a hamlet in the township of Tong, and parish of Birstall, Yorkshire There are several smaller localities bearing this name.

Margareta de Rycroft, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Roycroft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7451:486,52241,106
Ireland3581:13,1531,569
Australia3581:75,4078,829
England3491:159,65114,974
New Zealand2891:15,6692,731
Canada1371:268,94625,310
Northern Ireland401:46,1264,031
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Wales91:343,83718,086
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1971:22,4872,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1351:180,55814,908
Wales151:104,5614,503
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States741:678,63144,191

Roycroft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ryecroft,'a hamlet in the township of Tong, and parish of Birstall, Yorkshire There are several smaller localities bearing this name.

Margareta de Rycroft, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Ricardus Rycroft, 1379: ibid.

Margaret Rycroft, of Haigh, widow, 1582: Wills at Chester.

George Minshull, of Rycroft, yeoman, 1586: ibid.

Richard Kicroft, of Groppenhall, Cheshire, 1638: East Cheshire.

1779. Married — James Ryecroft and Elizabeth Diana Abbiss: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

For Rycroft, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local: "the rye-croft," an enclosure where rye was cultivated.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Roycroft Last Name Facts

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

Roycroft is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roycroft? popularity and diffusion

The last name Roycroft is the 182,417th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,127,702 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Roycroft live; 35 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 745 people, or 1 in 486,522. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 19 percent live, North Carolina, where 12 percent live and Massachusetts, where 11 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.

Roycroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Roycroft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roycroft surname rose 1,007 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 182 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 259 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Roycroft Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Roycroft last name is primarily Anglican (77%) in Ireland.

In The United States Roycroft are 7.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.9% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Roycroft earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 132.47% more than the national average, earning R 552,444 per year; in United States they earn 5.59% more than the national average, earning $45,559 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.48% more than the national average, earning $54,892 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roychroft940/
Rycroft932,808/
Rocroft930/
Roycrof930/
Raycroft88566/
Roocroft88279/
Roycraft88255/
Reycroft8885/
Ryecroft8838/
Roucroft8818/
Roycroff881/
Roecroft880/
Roscroft880/
Rozcroft880/
Rycrof860/
Rycraft80381/
Ricroft8020/
Recroft807/
Raycrof803/
Rycrofp801/
Raycraft75947/
Reycraft75262/
Ruecroft75221/
Reucroft7593/
Reacroft7511/
Reycroff754/
Raykroft751/
Roocraft751/
Raycroff751/
Ryecraft750/
Richcroft717/
Rocrow711/
Reatcroft711/
Rueccroft711/
Reiscroft710/
Roscrow67104/
Raycrow678/
Ricroff670/
Recraft670/
Rakroft670/
Racraft670/

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