Bancroft

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English

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Bancroft

Etymology

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Proper noun

Bancroft (countable and uncountable, plural Bancrofts)

(uncountable) A placename:
1. A suburban area in Stantonbury parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8340).
2. A rural locality in North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.
3. A town in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California.
  2. A minor city in Caribou County, Idaho.
  3. A minor city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
  4. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  5. An unincorporated community in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
  6. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  7. A village in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
  8. A township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
  9. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  10. An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Missouri.
  11. A township and village therein, in Cuming County, Nebraska.
  12. A small town in Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
  13. A town in Putnam County, West Virginia.
  14. A census-designated place in Portage County, Wisconsin.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Bancroft is the 6,315^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5,404 individuals. Bancroft is most common among White (91.82%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bancroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93.

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