Scowcroft

English

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a croft with a hut, from Old Norse skáli (“barn; shed, hut”) + Old English croft (“enclosed field”).

Proper noun

Scowcroft (plural Scowcrofts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scowcroft is the 95115^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 192 individuals. Scowcroft is most common among White (94.79%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scowcroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.