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    The surname Ravenscroft

    An English place surname, carried by 970 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R152

    Ravenscroft: #25,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ravenscroft #25,486, 970 people Ravenscroft: #25,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ravenscroft #25,486, 970 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ravenscroft is more common than 84.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Ravenscroft 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 970 people named Ravenscroft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 318,294 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 932.

    #25,486
    rank among US surnames
    970
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #25,006)

    Who is named Ravenscroft

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

    95% of people named Ravenscroft identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ravenscrofts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thurl Ravenscroft
      American actor, 1914–2005

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    • Ravenscraft

    Ravenscroft has the Soundex code R152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R152.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ravenscroft come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + croft (“enclosed field”).
    How common is the surname Ravenscroft?
    970 people in the United States had the surname Ravenscroft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 318,294 Americans. It ranked 25,486th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ravenscroft?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ravenscroft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ravenscroft?
    Thurl Ravenscroft, American actor.
    Where is the surname Ravenscroft most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ravenscroft in the United States.
    What type of surname is Ravenscroft?
    Ravenscroft is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ravenscroft getting more or less common?
    More common. 932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 970 in 2010, up 4.1%.
    What are other spellings of Ravenscroft?
    Ravenscraft.