Clief Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

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

Clief Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clief Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Clief (245) may also be a first name.

Clief Last Name Facts

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

Clief is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Clief? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clief is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Clief is primarily found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Clief reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Clief is also the 570,604th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 245 people.

It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 5,749,965. In Indonesia Clief is most common in: West Papua, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Clief Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Clief has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Clief last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clieff9121/
Cliefe911/
Clieaf911/
Chlief910/
Clef89224/
Clif8964/
Cliff8011,335/
Clift8011,213/
Cleff80470/
Cleef80427/
Chlif80143/
Chlef8094/
Clepf8054/
Klief8017/
Cleaf8013/
Cleft809/
Clife807/
Clefe805/
Clefs801/
Claef801/
Clefh801/
Cleuf801/
Cleif800/
Cliev800/
Cliffe735,518/
Clifft73747/
Cleife73104/
Cleffs7344/
Cleeff7316/
Khlief7316/
Klieff7312/
Cleffe7312/
Cliuev7310/
Cleiff7310/
Cliffs739/
Cliiff737/
Chleff734/
Chlaif734/
Cluife731/
Cillif731/
Clliff731/
Cliphe731/
Klaief731/
Clefss731/
Clefft731/
Chlieb731/
Cleafe731/
Clew67135/
Clev6772/
Cleb6741/
Khlaief6735/
Klef6729/
Klif6726/
Zlif6710/
Cleaiev674/
Clib673/
Kluieff672/
Chellef672/
Cliv672/
Chellif671/
Chlaiff671/
Clifffe671/
Qlif671/
Zlef671/
Clyf671/
Kellief670/

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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 Clief
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