Moncrief

English

Alternative forms

• Moncrieff, Moncrieffe

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place near Perth, from Scottish Gaelic monadh (“mountain, hill”) + craoibhe, genitive of craobh (“tree”).

Proper noun

Moncrief (plural Moncriefs)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moncrief is the 7171^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4665 individuals. Moncrief is most common among White (71.43%) and Black/African American (22.98%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moncrief”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 609.

Anagrams

• confirme