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 surname Cliffs occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cliffs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cliffs is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Cliffs are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name globally It is held by 12 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Cliffs is primarily concentrated in: California, where 40 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 40 percent live and Massachusetts, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Cliffs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cliffs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cliffs surname declined 69 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 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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