Cliffords Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Cliffords Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cliffords Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Cliffords (15) may also be a first name.

Cliffords Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cliffords is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cliffords? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Cliffords are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 15,102,456. In The United States Cliffords is most numerous in: California, where 38 percent are found, Nebraska, where 17 percent are found and New York, where 17 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Cliffords Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cliffords has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cliffords Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cliffords last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

Cliffords earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clifford9470,558/
Cliffoord8915/
Cllifford896/
Cliffford893/
Cliffordp891/
Cliffortd891/
Cliffordd891/
Cliford881,607/
Cliffort8252/
Cliffard8218/
Klifford8217/
Clliford8215/
Clefford8214/
Clifoord822/
Clipford821/
Clitford821/
Clyfford821/
Clifordt820/
Cliwford820/
Clieford820/
Clifforth7873/
Cliffgard7826/
Kliford7571/
Clifort7566/
Cleford7516/
Clifard751/
Clyford751/
Clayford71115/
Cliphord717/
Clifgard717/
Cleaford713/
Klyfford711/
Claifard711/
Cliforth711/
Klifforth6724/
Kleefford671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Cliffords
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis