Bancroft

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

Bancroft (countable and uncountable, plural Bancrofts)

1. (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.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• 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.

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