Crowfoot
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ‘crow-foot’, from OE crāwe + fōt; ME crou-fot also meant buttercup; first attested Godfrey Crowfote 1524 SRSf
/kɹˈəʊfʊt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Crowfoot is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
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Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘crow-foot’, from OE crāwe + fōt; ME crou-fot also meant buttercup; first attested Godfrey Crowfote 1524 SRSf
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Crowfoot is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, feet, or with a foot deformed in some other way.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, Any of many plants, mostly of subgenus Ranunculus subg. Batrachium, that have a leaf shaped somewhat like a bird's foot; especially the buttercups
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Rustat Crowfootb. 1817English Hebrew and Syriac scholar
- John Winter Crowfootb. 1873GBBritish archaeologist (1873-1959)
- Grace Mary Hood Crowfootb. 1877GBBritish archaeologist, archeologist, botanist, artist (1879-1957)
- Anthony Crowfootb. 1901GBBritish Army general
- Dorothy Hodgkinb. 1910GBnot in their usual nameBritish chemist
- Bert Crowfootb. 1954CAjournalist, filmmaker
- Elisabeth Crowfootarchaeologist specialising in textiles
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 139 | #128,411 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 135 | #118,954 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 123 | #136,449 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Crowfoot mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘crow-foot’, from OE crāwe + fōt; ME crou-fot also meant buttercup; first attested Godfrey Crowfote 1524 SRSf Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Crowfoot?
- A machine transcription gives /kɹˈəʊfʊt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Crowfoot have the most bearers?
- Crowfoot is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Crowfoot”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.