Last Name MEADOWCROFT

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Meaning Local: Of Meadowcroft. The Lancashire Meadowcrofts appear to have originated at Meadowcroft, a small estate in the parish of Middleton, near Manchaster. The surname is found in the immediate neighbourhood in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Local: A Yorkshire surname, modification of Medcroft or Medcraft. 'Mede' means a grass field, so called because mowed. Mead and Meadow still exist as double forms.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 48,469 (2000 US census) 50,463 (1990 US census)
Count 409 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.6%, or 391 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.96%, or 8 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.2%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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