View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Cleve Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Cleve is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Clève or Clevé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cleve? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Cleve is the 195,234^th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,389,556 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Cleve live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 76,017^th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 7,227 people.

Cleve is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,000 people, or 1 in 80,505. In Germany Cleve is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 53 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Sweden, where 6 percent live.

Cleve Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Cleve has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 459 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cleve Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Cleve last name are 10.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Cleve earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 15.08% more than the national average, earning 398,269 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.69% more than the national average, earning $43,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.15% more than the national average, earning $51,248 CAD per year.