# Ravenscroft (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ravenscroft/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 970 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 318,294 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (932 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ravenscraft |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + croft (“enclosed field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ravenscroft in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ravenscroft in the United States.

## People named Ravenscroft

- Thurl Ravenscroft, American actor

## Similar surnames

Robinson, Robbins, Robins, Rubenstein, Rubinstein, Ruffing.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.