Bancroft is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bancroft
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: From the Cornish ban, a mount, hill or high ground and croft, a small field near a dwelling, together meaning a green pasture

How popular is Bancroft?

Bancroft is common in England.

Bancroft is ranked 35484 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bancroft bearers increased by 1.293346 per cent in 2010 US census to 5404 since 2000, the surname slipped by 376 spots and ranked at 6315. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.82 93.4
Black 2.46 1.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 2 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 1.56
Others 1.28 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 0.24
Bancroft is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 13991 people have been found who wears Bancroft as their family name. Bancroft is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
10,542 China4
11,480 Japan4
90,215 Germany3
3,340 Jamaica3
1,118 Isle of Man2
23,344 Austria2
174,544 Czech Republic1
169,904 Brazil1
30,360 Thailand1
176 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1
16,228 Bulgaria1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
810,193 Indonesia1
17,768 Pakistan1
7,895 South Korea1
118,015 Netherlands1
66,560 Philippines1
53,505 Turkey1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
153,416 Italy1
2,877 Cuba1
24,771 Colombia1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,109 Spain39
8,504 Ireland33
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
11,685 Singapore24
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
1,056 The Bahamas21
55,829 Zimbabwe16
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,456 Switzerland63
133,875 France61
3,881 Hong Kong59
2,860 Trinidad and Tobago51
Countries with hundreds of Bancroft:
3,267 Australia943
5,926 Canada728
1,029 Wales384
19,321 South Africa310
4,731 New Zealand161
3,984 Scotland151
1,121 Guyana115
429 Barbados109
Countries with thousands of Bancroft:
5,783 United States6,785
2,099 England3,813
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer Peter Bancroft from Ireland aboard the Atlas from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 40 years old when he arrived in USA on July 28, 1849. Immigrant Jno. Bancroft, 30 years old Eliza Bancroft, Charlotte Bancroft, aged 3, Mary Bancroft, aged Born at sea, Carpenter Thomas Bancroft, 24 years old Eliza Bancroft, Merchant J. Bancroft, R. Bancroft (26) Workman, are other Bancroft that migrated to US.

Bancroft Namesakes

  • Tony Bancroft, Animator
  • Anne Bancroft, Actress
  • William Bancroft, Politician
  • Ann Bancroft, Author
  • Anne Bancroft, Actress
  • Anne Bancroft, Actress
  • Anne Bancroft, Actress
  • Hubert Howe Bancroft, Historian
  • Cameron Bancroft, Television actor
  • George Bancroft, American statesman
  • Shella Bancroft, from 1972 comedy, fantasy movie A Clock Work Blue, who played the DuBarry.
  • Matthew Bancroft played the vital role of Silk in 2012 drama flick Candle to Water.

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