Croft Family History
Croft Name Meaning
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Croft
Name Distribution of Croft Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Croft families
 99 - 195  34 - 98 |
 1 - 33  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Croft families
|
759 - 1,516 254 - 758 |
1 - 253 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Croft families
|
13 - 23 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Croft census records
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Croft Family Origin
Croft Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Croft
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Croft Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Croft census records
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Croft Civil War Service Records
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