Ashcroft
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from two minor places in England, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
Proper noun
Ashcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ashcrofts)
- (countable) A surname from Old English.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
- A village in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
- A ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ashcroft is the 16254th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1775 individuals. Ashcroft is most common among White (93.24%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ashcroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62.