Släkthistoria för Scowcroft
Scowcroft Vad efternamn betyder
English (Lancashire): from Middle English scale sc(h)ole ‘hut shed’ (Old Norse skáli) + croft ‘small enclosed field’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived at a field containing a hut or habitational from a place so named such as Scowcroft in Oldham (Lancashire) and Scholecroft in Morley (Yorkshire). Compare Schofield.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
