Clifft Surname

453,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 747 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Clifft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clifft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4431:818,19262,826
England2491:223,76718,807
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

Clifft (13) may also be a first name.

Clifft Last Name Facts

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

Clifft is most common in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clifft? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clifft is the 453,909th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,755,751 people. The last name Clifft is primarily found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Clifft are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Clifft is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 818,192. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 39 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Arkansas, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Clifft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Clifft has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Clifft last name expanded 738 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 488 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Clifft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Clifft surname are 26.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.03% being registered with the party.

Clifft earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.33% more than the national average, earning $45,450 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cliff9111,335/
Clift9111,213/
Cliffe835,518/
Clieff8321/
Cleiff8310/
Cliffs839/
Clliff831/
Clefft831/
Clifte831/
Clif8064/
Clifffe771/
Schlift770/
Cleff73470/
Kliff73109/
Clief7329/
Klift7328/
Cleft739/
Clife737/
Clyff734/
Cleif730/
Cleife67104/
Cleffs6744/
Cleeff6716/
Klieff6712/
Cleffe6712/
Kleiff676/
Kliffe671/
Cluife671/
Cloyff671/
Klaiff671/
Klieft671/
Cillif671/
Kloiff671/
Khliff671/

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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 Clifft
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