Cliffort Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Cliffort Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cliffort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria501:3,542,855104,248
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Cliffort (266) may also be a first name.

Cliffort Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cliffort occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cliffort? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,689,253rd most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Cliffort live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cliffort is also the 545,281st most frequent forename internationally, borne by 266 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 42 percent are found, Adamawa, where 24 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Cliffort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cliffort has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cliffort surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Cliffort
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