Clife Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

Clife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Clife (178) may also be a first name.

Clife Last Name Facts

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

The last name Clife is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clife? popularity and diffusion

Clife is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Clife live; 29 percent live in Northern Europe and 29 percent live in British Isles. Clife is also the 683,417th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 178 people.

It is most common in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Clife is primarily concentrated in: Suffolk, where 50 percent are found and Greater London, where 50 percent are found. Barring England this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Kenya, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cliffe915,518/
Cleife91104/
Cluife911/
Cliefe911/
Clifer910/
Sclife910/
Clif8964/
Schlife8363/
Cliffer8320/
Chlifer831/
Cleifer831/
Cliffes831/
Clifffe831/
Cliffee830/
Cliffey830/
Clipfer830/
Cliff8011,335/
Clift8011,213/
Slife80770/
Clief8029/
Clefe805/
Klife803/
Clyfe801/
Cleif800/
Schleife77138/
Schlifer77104/
Chleifer7713/
Chlaifer775/
Claifetz771/
Schlifes770/
Cloipfer770/
Slifer731,662/
Clifft73747/
Sliffe73127/
Khlife7324/
Clieff7321/
Cliffy7321/
Cleffe7312/
Cleiff7310/
Cliffs739/
Cloefe735/
Clafee733/
Clifit733/
Klifei732/
Cliffi732/
Kleife732/
Clafey731/
Cloufe731/
Slifep731/
Kliffe731/
Slaife731/
Cliofé731/
Chlifi731/
Cliphe731/
Clliff731/
Cleafe731/
Cleifi731/
Clefee731/
Cillif731/
Clifis731/
Jliffe730/
Claffe730/
Slifes730/
Schliffer7167/
Schluifer7156/
Schloifer714/
Chilliffe710/
Claffey672,888/
Schleiffer67635/
Clef67224/
Slaifer67193/
Schleipfer67175/
Shlifer67139/
Clew67135/
Schlaipfer67125/
Slijfer6794/
Sleifer6777/
Clev6772/
Claffee6763/
Cleb6741/
Klipfer6734/
Klif6726/
Cleffie6717/
Šleifer678/
Clib673/
Kh'life672/
Jellife672/
Cliv672/
Sliffer672/
Kliaffe672/
Khleife671/
Khlifey671/
Jlliffe671/
Clipher671/
Schlefe671/
Cleffer671/
Gellife671/
Chellif671/
Cleffes671/
Schlaiffer671/
Clefesh671/
Khlifer671/
Khlifet671/
Qlif671/
Schleifeer671/
Clyf671/
Clepfer670/
Sliffey670/
Sleiffe670/
Schliffest670/
Cleffey670/

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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 Clife
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