Ancliff Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ancliff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ancliff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1571:354,89225,525
Scotland81:669,22723,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Ancliff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ancliff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ancliff is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ancliff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,328,442nd most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Ancliff are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 354,892. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Derbyshire, where 40 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 24 percent are found and Lincolnshire, where 9 percent are found. Excluding England Ancliff occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Ancliff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ancliff has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 199 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Antcliff931,498/
Ancliffe93183/
Hancliff9311/
Andcliff930/
Hancliffe880/
Hansclif800/
Ancleef712/
Heinchliff710/
Hanclova531/
Hanslaib530/
Hainclova501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ancliff
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