Meadowcroft
English
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Meadowcroft (plural Meadowcrofts)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Meadowcroft is the 47006th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 452 individuals. Meadowcroft is most common among White (96.68%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meadowcroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.