Cleef Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Cleef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 202 | 1:83,600 | 13,946 |
| Germany | 172 | 1:468,055 | 40,982 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Cleef (276) may also be a first name.
Cleef Demographics
Average Cleef Salary in
United States
$29,464 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cleef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cleef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cleef is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cleef? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 692,305th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name Cleef occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Cleef live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe. Cleef is also the 534,713th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 276 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 83,600. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Limburg, where 35 percent live, North Brabant, where 22 percent live and South Holland, where 21 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Cleef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cleef has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 733 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cleef Last Name Statistics demography
Cleef earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.72% less than the national average, earning $29,464 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleeff | 91 | 16 | / |
| Clef | 89 | 224 | / |
| Schleef | 83 | 1,646 | / |
| Kleef | 80 | 507 | / |
| Cleff | 80 | 470 | / |
| Chlef | 80 | 94 | / |
| Clepf | 80 | 54 | / |
| Clief | 80 | 29 | / |
| Cleaf | 80 | 13 | / |
| Cleft | 80 | 9 | / |
| Clefe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Clefh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cleuf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cleev | 80 | 1 | / |
| Clefs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zleef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Claef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cleif | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sleef | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sclef | 80 | 0 | / |
| Cleew | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schleeff | 77 | 12 | / |
| Cleife | 73 | 104 | / |
| Schlef | 73 | 100 | / |
| Cleffs | 73 | 44 | / |
| Shleef | 73 | 26 | / |
| Kleeff | 73 | 24 | / |
| Clieff | 73 | 21 | / |
| Sleefe | 73 | 18 | / |
| Cleffe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Cleiff | 73 | 10 | / |
| Zleefh | 73 | 7 | / |
| Chleff | 73 | 4 | / |
| Clieaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kleefh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chleew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cleafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sleefh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khleef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clefft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clefss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schleif | 67 | 2,036 | / |
| Schlief | 67 | 1,288 | / |
| Clew | 67 | 135 | / |
| Clev | 67 | 72 | / |
| Clif | 67 | 64 | / |
| Cleb | 67 | 41 | / |
| Schleff | 67 | 33 | / |
| Klef | 67 | 29 | / |
| Schlehf | 67 | 22 | / |
| Schleft | 67 | 9 | / |
| Slef | 67 | 8 | / |
| Schleaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chellef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schlefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khleefh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zlef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jlef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sleeffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schleuf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Cleef
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