Last Name METCALF

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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.
In the Welsh, 'medd' signifies a vale, a meadow, and 'caf,' a cell, a chancel, a church, i.e., the church in the vale. The origin of the name, however, is given by tradition in this wise. In those days when bullfights were in vogue, in merry England, one of the enraged animals broke away from the combat, and was hotly pursued by horsemen. A certain John Strong happened to meet the bull on the top of a hill, and when attacked by the furious beast, he seized him in the nostrils with his left hand, and killed him. As he came to the foot of the hill, meeting several persons in the pursuit, he was inquired of whether he had met a bull; he replied he "Met a calf," and from this circumstance was called afterward John 'Metcalfe.'
Origin English, Welsh, Irish, Falkland, South african, Guam

Rank 1,381 (2000 US census) 1,426 (1990 US census)
Count 23,540 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.16%, or 20753 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.59%, or 1787 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.45%, or 106 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.85%, or 200 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.49%, or 351 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.46%, or 344 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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