Billcliffe Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Billcliffe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Billcliffe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England731:763,26141,903
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England831:293,67920,037

Billcliffe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Billcliffe is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Billcliffe.

How Common Is The Last Name Billcliffe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Billcliffe is the 2,152,526th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Billcliffe live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 763,261. In England it is primarily found in: West Yorkshire, where 48 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 11 percent live and Cornwall, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 4 percent live and Wales, where 1 percent live.

Billcliffe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Billcliffe has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Billcliffe surname fell 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Billcliff95130/
Bilcliffe9597/
Billscliffe950/
Biltcliffe90330/
Bilcliff8971/
Belcliffe840/
Bellcliff840/
Beltcliffe800/
Wilkliffe741/
Belcleff671/
Belkhlifi531/
Belkhlifa531/

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Billcliffe Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Billcliffe
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