Ravenscroft

English

Alternative forms

• Ravenscraft

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + croft (“enclosed field”).

Proper noun

Ravenscroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ravenscrofts)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in White County, Tennessee, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ravenscroft is the 25486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 970 individuals. Ravenscroft is most common among White (94.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ravenscroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.