Last name Bancroft (Bancroft 
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) , across the world, is a common cognomen. The family name Bancroft is habitual in Aland Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Barbados, and the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Very seldom, Bancroft is the forename as well as the last name.
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richard bancroft British Archbishop of Canterbury, GB (b. 1544) |
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john bancroft Bishop, university administrator (b. 1574) |
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| thomas bancroft British writer, GB (b. 1596) |
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| john bancroft English writer and surgeon (b. 1655) |
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| francis bancroft Bancroft, Francis (1667–1728), financial agent and benefactor (b. 1667) |
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| mary bancroft 13 May 1673 Eccleston, Chester, England - 1736 Kennet Township, Pennsylvania (b. 1673) |
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edward bancroft Physician and spy (1745-1821), US (b. 1745) |
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aaron bancroft American Missionary (1755-1839), US (b. 1755) |
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| samuel bancroft (b. 1715) |
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| jeremiah bancroft American diarist (b. 1725) |
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| bancroft woodcock American silversmith, US (b. 1732) |
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| peter bancroft (1746-1810) (b. 1746) |
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george bancroft American historian, statesman, founder of United States Naval Academy (1800-1891), US (b. 1800) |
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joseph bancroft American industrialist, US (b. 1803) |
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jefferson bancroft American mayor (1803-1890), US (b. 1803) |
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