Crofts is a surname of English origin. [1] The name refers to:
Allison is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It was a patronym, in most cases probably indicating son of Allen, but in other cases possibly from Ellis, Alexander, or the female given name Alice/Alise.
Goff is a surname of Celtic origin. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from Welsh, Cornish or Breton. The Welsh gof and the Breton goff means "smith". The English-originating surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin. The Welsh name is a variant of the surname Gough, and is derived from a nickname for someone with red hair. The native Irish name is derived from a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Eochaidh/Eachaidh, which means "horseman".
Croft is a surname of English origin; notable people with this surname include:
Coles is a patronymic surname of English origins deriving from either a pet form of the name Nicholas or from the Old English word meaning '"coal black".
Melville is a surname and a given name.
Castle is an English surname denoting someone who worked at or resided at or near a castle. Notable people with the surname include:
Courtney is an English surname originating from England, France and Ireland, where it was of Norman origin.
Pullen is an uncommon English surname with a purported Norman origin.
Abrams is a surname related to Abrahams, Abram, Abrahm and Abraham. It developed independently in the Jewish diaspora, England, Germany and the Netherlands. The name and its variants have been found in England since the medieval era in the Domesday Book and Hundred Rolls. As of 2014, it is most commonly found in the United States. Notable people with the surname include:
Higgins is a surname found in England and in Ireland, with several origins.
Sutcliffe or Sutcliff is a surname, originating in three locations in Yorkshire, sometimes spelled Sutliffe or, unusually, Sutliff. The name means south of the cliff/hill.
Oram is an Old Norse surname particularly found in the North of England. Notable people with this surname are:
Brierley is a surname of English origin. The name may refer to:
Cumberbatch is an English toponymic surname associated with the village of Comberbach in Cheshire, England. It is a common variation on the surname Comberbach; other variations include Camberbirch, Comberbeach, Comberedge, Cumberbach, Cumberbirch, Cumberidge and Cumberpatch.
Driver is a surname of German origin, which referred to someone from the ancient Celtic tribe of Treveri who once inhabited the lower valley of the Moselle between France, Belgium and Germany. The name was originally Trever and has other variants such as Treviri, Triver, Trevor, or Trier. In England, it is an occupational surname meaning the driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plough, or of loose cattle. It is recorded since the thirteenth century.
Appleton is an Anglo-Saxon locational surname.
Rowe is a surname; it has also been used as the name for several places. It is of Norman origin, Rous or Le Roux', from the French rouge "red." It has strong links to northern France and Cornwall, where it remains a common surname to this day. It first appeared in England in 1066 after the Norman Invasion, when lands were granted by the first Norman King William I to Turchil Le Roux and Alan Rufus.
Bowden is an English surname of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origins. In Old English it translates roughly into "dweller by the top of a hill", and is also the name of the towns of Bowden, Ashprington, and Bowden, Yealmpton, in Devon, as well as Bowden, Derbyshire. There is also a town of Bowden in rural Leicestershire which was recorded as "Bugedone" in the Domesday Book.
Chatfield is a toponymic surname of English origin with Old English roots, first appearing in the region of Sussex. Records indicate that the first people to bear this name were from a location named Catsfield, in Southern England.
Selwyn is a given name and surname.
