Cliffy Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Cliffy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cliffy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

Cliffy (268) may also be a first name.

Cliffy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cliffy occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cliffy? popularity and diffusion

Cliffy is the 4,307,654th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Cliffy reside; 52 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 52 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 543,171st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 268 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Cliffy is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cliffey920/
Cliffe835,518/
Sliffy837/
Cliffi832/
Cliffer7720/
Clifffe771/
Cliffes771/
Cleffey770/
Sliffey770/
Cliffee770/
Clife737/
Clefy730/
Cliffoid711/
Cleffi67232/
Sliffe67127/
Cleife67104/
Schliffer6767/
Cleffe6712/
Clifit673/
Cleifi671/
Clifis671/
Kliffi671/
Chlifi671/
Cliofé671/
Cliefe671/
Kliffe671/
Cluife671/
Schleiffa671/
Sleffy670/
Chilliffe670/
Sclife670/
Clifer670/
Jliffe670/

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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 Cliffy
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