How common is the surname Bancroft?

5,404 people in the United States had the surname Bancroft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,133 Americans. It ranked 6,315th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bancroft?

Anne Bancroft, American actress (1931–2005), followed by George Bancroft.

Where is the surname Bancroft most common?

Wikidata records people named Bancroft in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

How do you pronounce Bancroft?

Bancroft is /ˈbænˌkɹɔft/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bancroft getting more or less common?

More common. 5,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,404 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Bancroft

An English place surname, carried by 5,404 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbænˌkɹɔft/ 2 syllables Soundex B526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bancroft is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Bancroft is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,404 people named Bancroft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,133 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,335.

#6,315

rank among US surnames

5,404

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,939)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,311	Levitt	5,407	57,101
#6,312	Reeve	5,406	57,112
#6,313	Pepe	5,405	57,122
#6,315	Gagliardi	5,404	57,133

Who is named Bancroft

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Bancroft identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bancrofts

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anne Bancroft
American actress (1931–2005)
George Bancroft
American actor (1882–1956)
Ann Bancroft
American explorer, born 1955
Richard Bancroft
British Archbishop of Canterbury, 1544–1610
Bronwyn Bancroft
Australian artist, administrator and book illustrator (born 1958)
Hubert Howe Bancroft
American historian and ethnologist (1832–1918)
Dave Bancroft
American baseball player, coach, manager (1891–1972)
Frederic Bancroft
American historian (1860-1945)
Effie Bancroft
British actress and manager (1840–1921)

Notable Bancrofts come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bancroft

Bancroft has the Soundex code B526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B526.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bancroft come from?: From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
How common is the surname Bancroft?: 5,404 people in the United States had the surname Bancroft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,133 Americans. It ranked 6,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bancroft?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bancroft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bancroft?: Anne Bancroft, American actress (1931–2005), followed by George Bancroft.
Where is the surname Bancroft most common?: Wikidata records people named Bancroft in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
How do you pronounce Bancroft?: Bancroft is /ˈbænˌkɹɔft/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Bancroft?: Bancroft is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bancroft getting more or less common?: More common. 5,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,404 in 2010, up 1.3%.