Ashcraft

Ashcraft is a surname. Reaney and Wilson have suggested this is a place-related surname referring to "dweller at a croft with an ash-tree"; a "croft" refers to a small parcel of land used for farming.

Notable people with the surname include: Alan E. Ashcraft Jr. (1906–1961), American politician and judge Braxton Ashcraft (born 1999), American baseball player Forrest Ashcraft (1922–2004), American politician Graham Ashcraft (born 1998), American baseball player Hale Ashcraft (1920–2010), American politician Karen Ashcraft (living), American academic Mark H. Ashcraft (1949–2022), American academic Percy Ashcraft (living), American politician and local government official Richard Ashcraft (1938–1995), American academic Tami Oldham Ashcraft (born 1960), American sailor and author Thomas Ashcraft (born 1951), American astronomer, naturalist, scientific instrument-maker, artist