Cleverly Surname

228,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Cleverly Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cleveley,' a hamlet in the parish of Church Enstone, Oxfordshire Cleverly is a manifest variant.

John de Clyveleye, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1611. Married — Richard Clevelley and Elizabeth Adkins: St.

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Cleverly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6811:532,24544,270
England6531:85,3269,356
Australia1751:154,26116,255
Wales1061:29,1942,998
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
New Zealand351:129,38115,740
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Gibraltar101:3,395741
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6331:38,5084,942
Wales241:65,3513,160
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1181:425,58231,158

Cleverly (87) may also be a first name.

Cleverly Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cleveley,' a hamlet in the parish of Church Enstone, Oxfordshire Cleverly is a manifest variant.

John de Clyveleye, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1611. Married — Richard Clevelley and Elizabeth Adkins: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1786. — John Gutteridge and Elizabeth Cleveley: St. George, Hanover Square.

1787. — Charles Cleverly and Jenny Hutchins: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A corruption of Claverley, co. Salop.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cleverly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cleverly is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Cleverly click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cleverly? popularity and diffusion

Cleverly is the 228,115th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,101,039 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 44 percent of Cleverly live; 43 percent live in Northern Europe and 43 percent live in British Isles. Cleverly is also the 1,024,927th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 87 people.

The surname Cleverly is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 681 people, or 1 in 532,245. In The United States Cleverly is most frequent in: Utah, where 33 percent live, Idaho, where 11 percent live and Indiana, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in England, where 37 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Cleverly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cleverly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cleverly last name increased 577 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 103 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 442 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cleverly Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cleverly surname are 24.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.07% registered with the political party.

The amount Cleverly earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.29% less than the national average, earning R 46,848 per year; in United States they earn 5.87% more than the national average, earning $45,682 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $47,288 CAD per year.

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