Crockett
Usually a surname of unclear local origin, though some early writers also linked it to French and Flemish forms like Croquet and Crockaert.
The #1,507 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 12,989 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The surname is most often treated as local or habitational, but the exact place behind it has not been securely identified in the older sources. Some 19th-century scholars also compared it with Anglo-Norman French forms such as Croquet and Flemish Crockaert, suggesting that at least some bearers may descend from continental surnames that were later Anglicized. The name may therefore reflect more than one origin, rather than a single clear source.
History
English records show the name quite early in forms such as Crockett and Crokitt, and it appears in both Britain and later in North America. Older surname dictionaries disagree on whether it is chiefly local or partly imported from French/Flemish forms. Because of that, its history is best treated as mixed and not fully settled.
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Fun fact
In older surname studies, Crockett was sometimes grouped with a wider family of names beginning with Croc-, including Crocker, Crook, and Croke, though those names do not all have the same origin.
From the historical record
“^i'(78-9. Edwanl FeKon and Elii. Crockett : UarriBzc Lie. (London), i. 86. i66q. M irrird — Ttiomu Peltoa Bfid lane Smilh : St. Jai. aerkenwelL i>i. 165. London, 13; Nev Ya[k,ii; Philadel-”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances