Barcroft

English

Alternative forms

• Bearcroft

Etymology

Habitational surname from one or more minor places in England, from Old English bere (“barley”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Proper noun

Barcroft (plural Barcrofts)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barcroft is the 51176^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 407 individuals. Barcroft is most common among White (94.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barcroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100.