Rycroft Surname
Approximately 2,808 people bear this surname
Rycroft 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.
Read More About This SurnameRycroft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,309 | 1:42,565 | 5,432 |
| United States | 461 | 1:786,245 | 60,824 |
| Canada | 442 | 1:83,361 | 9,272 |
| Australia | 328 | 1:82,304 | 9,537 |
| South Africa | 102 | 1:531,154 | 42,340 |
| New Zealand | 52 | 1:87,083 | 12,256 |
| Scotland | 31 | 1:172,704 | 9,690 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:7,802 | 1,618 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 854 | 1:28,543 | 3,864 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
Rycroft 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.
(English) Dweller at the Rye-Croft [Old English ryge, rye + croft, a small field] The Yorks Rycroft is spelt the same in the 14th cent.
Local: "the rye-croft," an enclosure where rye was cultivated.
Rycroft Demographics
Average Male Rycroft Height
177.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rycroft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rycroft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rycroft is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rycroft.
How Common Is The Last Name Rycroft? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rycroft is the 155,981st most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,595,280 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Rycroft live; 49 percent live in Northern Europe and 49 percent live in British Isles.
The surname Rycroft is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 1,309 people, or 1 in 42,565. In England it is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 15 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 7 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Besides England this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 16 percent live.
Rycroft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rycroft has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Rycroft last name rose 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 659 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 775 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 136 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rycroft Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Rycroft surname is predominantly Catholic (91%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Rycroft last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.
The amount Rycroft earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning R 252,420 per year; in United States they earn 6.92% less than the national average, earning $40,164 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.01% more than the national average, earning $52,173 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roycroft | 93 | 2,330 | / |
| Raycroft | 93 | 566 | / |
| Reycroft | 93 | 85 | / |
| Rycrof | 92 | 0 | / |
| Roychroft | 88 | 0 | / |
| Rycraft | 86 | 381 | / |
| Ricroft | 86 | 20 | / |
| Recroft | 86 | 7 | / |
| Raycrof | 86 | 3 | / |
| Rycrofp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Roycrof | 86 | 0 | / |
| Raycraft | 80 | 947 | / |
| Reycraft | 80 | 262 | / |
| Roycraft | 80 | 255 | / |
| Reucroft | 80 | 93 | / |
| Reacroft | 80 | 11 | / |
| Reycroff | 80 | 4 | / |
| Roycroff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Raycroff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Raykroft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Richcroft | 75 | 7 | / |
| Reatcroft | 75 | 1 | / |
| Reiscroft | 75 | 0 | / |
| Raycrow | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ricroff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Recraft | 71 | 0 | / |
| Redcraft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raykraft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rickroof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Redcrofs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reacraft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rycraw | 62 | 84 | / |
| Rykrova | 57 | 3 | / |
| Resrobt | 57 | 1 | / |
| Reikraft | 53 | 0 | / |
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