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    The surname Meadowcroft

    An English place surname, carried by 452 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M326

    Meadowcroft: #47,006 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Meadowcroft #47,006, 452 people Meadowcroft: #47,006 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Meadowcroft #47,006, 452 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meadowcroft is more common than 71% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a lost settlement in the parish of Middleton, Lancashire, from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (“meadow”), + croft (“enclosed field”).

    Meadowcroft 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 452 people named Meadowcroft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 683,065 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 409.

    #47,006
    rank among US surnames
    452
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #48,469)

    Who is named Meadowcroft

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

    97% of people named Meadowcroft identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Meadowcroft come from?
    Habitational surname from a lost settlement in the parish of Middleton, Lancashire, from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (“meadow”), + croft (“enclosed field”).
    How common is the surname Meadowcroft?
    452 people in the United States had the surname Meadowcroft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 683,065 Americans. It ranked 47,006th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meadowcroft?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Meadowcroft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Meadowcroft?
    Meadowcroft is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Meadowcroft getting more or less common?
    More common. 409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 452 in 2010, up 11%.