Horscroft
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Toponymic surname for someone who lived by or worked at an enclosure for horses, from Middle English hors (“horse”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
Proper noun[edit]
Horscroft (plural Horscrofts)
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Horscroft is the 12635th most common surname in England, belonging to 441 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horscroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.
- Forebears