Explore the Family Name Maycroft

The meaning of Maycroft

English: variant of Medcraft, a habitational name from any of numerous minor placenames composed of Middle English mede ‘meadow’ + croft ‘croft, small field’, examples of which occur in Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, and elsewhere. Compare Meadowcroft.

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How common is the last name Maycroft in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Maycroft showed a slight rise between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Maycroft ranked 74,398th in popularity, with a count of 242 instances of the name for every 100,000 people. By 2010, the rank had climbed to 71,478th, an increase of approximately 3.92%. The count of individuals with the surname also increased by approximately 12.81%, from 242 in 2000 to 273 in 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people remained consistent at 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,398	#71,478	3.92%
Count	242	273	12.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Maycroft

In terms of ethnicity, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there was a notable shift in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Maycroft between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 96.28% of individuals with this surname identified as white. This percentage decreased to 90.84% in 2010. Conversely, the percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races increased significantly, from 2.48% in 2000 to 5.49% in 2010, marking a change of 121.37%. There were no recorded instances of the surname among individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.28%	90.84%	-5.65%
Two or More Races	2.48%	5.49%	121.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%