The croft Surname
croft Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived by an arable enclosure, normally adjoining a house, Middle English croft. There are several places in England named with this word (Old English croft), and the surname may equally be a habitational name from any of them.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of Kraft.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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