Last Name CROFTON

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Meaning Local: Of Crofton, a township in parish of Thursby, county Camberland, a hamlet in parish of Orpington, county Kent, a township in parish of Diddlebury, county Salop, a chapelry in parish of Titchfield, county Hants, a parish in West Riding Yorks, four miles from Wakefield.
Origin English, Irish, South african

Rank 25,028 (2000 US census) 23,922 (1990 US census)
Count 931 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.69%, or 714 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.9%, or 176 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.83%, or 17 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.61%, or 15 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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