Cleife Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cleife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cleife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England841:663,31038,317
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808

Cleife (20) may also be a first name.

Cleife Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cleife is found most frequently in England. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Cleife.

How Common Is The Last Name Cleife? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cleife is the 1,806,862nd most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Cleife live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 20 people.

Cleife is most widespread in England, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 663,310. In England it is primarily found in: Hampshire, where 74 percent live, East Sussex, where 7 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 6 percent live. Aside from England it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent live and Scotland, where 8 percent live.

Cleife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cleife has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Cleife last name rose 323 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cleifer921/
Clife917/
Clefe915/
Cleif910/
Cliffe835,518/
Cleffe8312/
Cleiff8310/
Cloefe835/
Kleife832/
Cleafe831/
Cliefe831/
Cluife831/
Cleifi831/
Clefee831/
Clifer830/
Clef80224/
Clif8064/
Cliffer7720/
Cleffie7717/
Clefesh771/
Khleife771/
Cliffes771/
Cleffer771/
Cleffes771/
Clifffe771/
Clipfer770/
Cliffey770/
Clepfer770/
Cliffee770/
Cleffey770/
Cliff7311,335/
Clift7311,213/
Cleff73470/
Cleef73427/
Clepf7354/
Kleif7331/
Clief7329/
Cleaf7313/
Cleft739/
Klife733/
Klefe732/
Clefa732/
Cleev731/
Clefh731/
Clyfe731/
Claef731/
Clefs731/
Clefi731/
Cleuf731/
Cleew730/
Clefy730/
Claifetz711/
Cloipfer710/
Clifft67747/
Khleif67548/
Cleffi67232/
Cleffs6744/
Kleffe6741/
Khlife6724/
Clieff6721/
Cliffy6721/
Cleeff6716/
Clafer6715/
Cliffs679/
Kleiff676/
Clifit673/
Clafee673/
Cliffi672/
Klifei672/
Clifis671/
Cillif671/
Clliff671/
Chlifi671/
Cleefi671/
Cliofé671/
Cliaff671/
Kliffe671/
Clefss671/
Klepfe671/
Clafey671/
Clefft671/
Clieaf671/
Cloufe671/
Claffe670/
Chilliffe670/

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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 Cleife
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