Find out how popular the last name Croxton is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Croxton.

Croxton, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Croxton surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Croxton in America

Croxton is the 15681st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Croxton surname appeared 1,861 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Croxton.

We can also compare 2010 data for Croxton to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Croxton

The surname Croxton is of English origin, originating in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is a locational surname derived from the village of Croxton, located near Melton Mowbray. The name is thought to have originated in the late 11th or early 12th century, with its earliest recorded spelling being 'de Croxton' in the Pipe Rolls of Leicestershire in 1182.

The name is derived from the Old English words 'crog' meaning 'crooked' and 'tun' meaning 'settlement' or 'town'. This suggests that the original Croxton settlement may have been situated along a winding or crooked path or road. Variants of the name include Croxston, Crockston, and Crocston.

One of the earliest recorded references to the name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which mentions a landowner named Robertus de Croxton in Leicestershire. Another early record is from the Assize Rolls of Staffordshire in 1292, which mentions a William de Croxton.

Notable individuals with the surname Croxton include Thomas Croxton (c. 1400-1465), an English priest and poet who wrote the morality play "The Play of the Sacrament". Another notable bearer of the name was Sir John Croxton (c. 1480-1552), a Member of Parliament and landowner in Leicestershire during the reign of Henry VIII.

In the 17th century, Edward Croxton (1605-1686) was an English clergyman and academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1666 to 1670. John Croxton (1636-1714) was an English mathematician and astronomer who made contributions to the study of comets and planetary motion.

More recently, William Croxton (1899-1971) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in the early 20th century. He holds the record for the highest individual score for Leicestershire, scoring 246 runs against Warwickshire in 1938.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Croxton

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Croxton.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Croxton was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Croxton has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Croxton was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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