Cliffs Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Cliffs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cliffs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Cliffs (12) may also be a first name.

Cliffs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cliffs is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cliffs? popularity and diffusion

Cliffs is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Cliffs live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 12 people.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 40 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 40 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 20 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Cliffs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cliffs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cliffs last name decreased 69 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cliff9111,335/
Cliffe835,518/
Clifft83747/
Cleffs8344/
Clieff8321/
Cleiff8310/
Clliff831/
Clif8064/
Clifffe771/
Clift7311,213/
Cleff73470/
Kliff73109/
Clief7329/
Clife737/
Clyff734/
Clyfs731/
Clefs731/
Cleif730/
Cleife67104/
Cleeff6716/
Klieff6712/
Cleffe6712/
Kleiff676/
Khliff671/
Kloiff671/
Cillif671/
Kliffe671/
Clefss671/
Cluife671/
Cloyfs671/
Clefft671/
Kleffs671/
Klaiff671/
Cloyff671/
Cliovs670/

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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 Cliffs
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