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

Maycroft, 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 Maycroft surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Maycroft in America

Maycroft is the 71478th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Maycroft surname appeared 273 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Maycroft.

We can also compare 2010 data for Maycroft 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 Maycroft

The surname MAYCROFT is believed to have originated in England during the medieval period. It is thought to be a locational surname, derived from an ancient place name that no longer exists. The name may be a combination of the Old English words "maeg" meaning "kinsman" and "croft" meaning a small enclosed field or meadow.

MAYCROFT is an anglicized spelling that emerged after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Earlier spellings included Maicroft and Meycroft. The name first appeared in historical records in the 13th century, including the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire from 1230 where a Roger de Maycroft was mentioned.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, a survey of land ownership across England commissioned by William the Conqueror, there are references to villages and landholdings with similar names like Merecroft and Marecroft, which may have been precursors to the modern MAYCROFT surname.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the MAYCROFT surname was William Maycroft, a wealthy merchant from Bristol who lived from 1450 to 1518. He was known for his philanthropic efforts and endowed several charitable causes in the city.

Another notable figure was Sir John Maycroft (1590-1664), an English landowner and Member of Parliament who represented Lincolnshire in the Long Parliament during the English Civil War.

In the 18th century, the MAYCROFT name appeared in several parish registers across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire, indicating its geographic spread across northern England.

A famous bearer of the MAYCROFT name was the English novelist and playwright Elizabeth Maycroft (1765-1846), whose works explored themes of social class and gender roles during the Regency era.

Finally, in the 19th century, Thomas Maycroft (1819-1891) was a prominent industrialist and engineer from Manchester who helped revolutionize textile manufacturing processes.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Maycroft

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

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 Maycroft 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 Maycroft 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 Maycroft was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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