Cleford Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Cleford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cleford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Cleford (519) may also be a first name.

Cleford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cleford is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cleford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Cleford is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Cleford live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cleford is also the 370,800th most widely held given name internationally, held by 519 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Cleford is most common in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent are found and Enugu, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Cleford is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and The Philippines, where 13 percent are found.

Cleford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Cleford last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Cleford
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