Meadowcroft

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost settlement in the parish of Middleton, Lancashire, from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (“meadow”), + croft (“enclosed field”).

Proper noun

Meadowcroft (plural Meadowcrofts)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Meadowcroft is the 47006^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 452 individuals. Meadowcroft is most common among White (96.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meadowcroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.