Claff Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Claff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia571:473,60936,415
United States391:9,293,819392,288
England181:3,095,448105,421
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Claff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Claff has its highest incidence in Australia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Claff.

How Common Is The Last Name Claff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,604,449th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname Claff occurs mostly in Oceania, where 45 percent of Claff live; 45 percent live in Australasia and 45 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently held in Australia, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 473,609. In Australia Claff is primarily concentrated in: New South Wales, where 89 percent are found and Victoria, where 11 percent are found. Beside Australia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent are found and England, where 14 percent are found.

Claff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Claff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Claff surname expanded 244 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Claff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Claff last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered with the party.

Claff earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.2% less than the national average, earning $36,590 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clauff9130/
Cliaff911/
Claffe910/
Claf8952/
Schlaff83474/
Chlaiff831/
Klaff80653/
Slaff80197/
Cloff8051/
Cleaf8013/
Sclaf802/
Zlaff801/
Clauf801/
Clapf801/
Claft800/
Schlaaff7713/
Schlaf73746/
Klaffs7358/
Klafft7333/
Khlaff7317/
Cleiff7310/
Cloffe739/
Chlaif734/
Clofft732/
Klaiff731/
Cleafe731/
Chlaaf731/
Tzlaff731/
Cloyff731/
Scloff730/
Clouff730/
Chellaf671,053/
Claw67525/
Schloff67207/
Klaf6777/
Clav6757/
Schlauf6747/
Clab6711/
Slaf677/
Šlaf674/
Cleoffe673/
Kliaffe672/
Zlaf672/
Schleaf672/
Clof671/
Xlaf671/
Schlaif671/
Schlaaf671/
Sillaff671/
Slahaff670/
Jellaff670/
Schlapf670/

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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 Claff
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