Last Name MEDCALF

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	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	20,138 (2000 US census)	24,421 (1990 US census)

Count	1,231 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.05%, or 1047 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.83%, or 121 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.89%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.14%, or 14 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.6%, or 32 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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