How common is the surname Croft?

13,047 people in the United States had the surname Croft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,664 Americans. It ranked 2,766th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Croft getting more or less common?

More common. 12,702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,047 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Croft

A surname, carried by 13,047 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C613

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Croft is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the noun croft (“small piece of land”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Craft. * As a Danish, Swedish, German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kraft. * The place in Leicestershire is from Old English cræft (“device”). Also compare Kroft.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,047 people named Croft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,664 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,702.

#2,766

rank among US surnames

13,047

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,616)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,758	Westfall	13,079	23,606
#2,759	Willey	13,067	23,628
#2,760	Lassiter	13,066	23,630
#2,761	Willett	13,065	23,631
#2,762	Graff	13,058	23,644
#2,763	Bachman	13,057	23,646
#2,764	Barkley	13,051	23,657

Who is named Croft

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

87% of people named Croft identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Croft

Croft has the Soundex code C613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C613.

Questions

Where does the surname Croft come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun croft (“small piece of land”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Craft. * As a Danish, Swedish, German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kraft. * The place in Leicestershire is from Old English cræft (“device”). Also compare Kroft.
How common is the surname Croft?: 13,047 people in the United States had the surname Croft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,664 Americans. It ranked 2,766th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Croft?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Croft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Croft getting more or less common?: More common. 12,702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,047 in 2010, up 2.7%.