Cloud Surname

23,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Cloud Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the cloud,' from residence thereby; 'cloude, a clod' (Ritson, quotedby Halliwell).

Probably my instance in the French refers to some prominent mound of earth.

Robert atte Cloude, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Cloud Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,8231:18,2852,312
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
France3651:181,98028,333
England3071:181,49216,346
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Peru1391:228,6639,879
Canada1351:272,93025,634
China1291:10,599,392660
India921:8,337,667172,929
Philippines831:1,219,73895,055
Iran741:1,037,60247,336
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Bahamas481:8,161696
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Wales231:134,5459,804
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Myanmar161:3,246,124792
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Vietnam141:6,617,5752,518
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Scotland61:892,30328,047
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Macau11:601,6301,582
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guam11:160,1214,893
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1451:168,10614,298
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales51:313,68310,604
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4561:14,5311,860

Cloud (5,063) may also be a first name.

Cloud Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the cloud,' from residence thereby; 'cloude, a clod' (Ritson, quotedby Halliwell).

Probably my instance in the French refers to some prominent mound of earth.

Robert atte Cloude, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Richard Clode, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

175I. Married — Thomas Granbum and Rachael Cloud: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1770. — George Boxall and Elinor Cloud: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English, Scottish) Dweller near the rock or mass of stone; the son of Leod (ugly).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

In Scotland, M'Cloud is the corruption of Mac Leod.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Gaelic name McCloud, a corruption of MacLeod. Hence perhaps the name Clout.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A form of Clout.

The Norman People (1874)

Cloud Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cloud (Arabic: كلاود) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cloud? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cloud is the 23,996th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 323,230 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Cloud reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cloud is also the 95,470th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 5,063 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 19,823 people, or 1 in 18,285. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, Georgia, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 91 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Cloud Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cloud has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cloud surname grew 574 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 212 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 460 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cloud Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Cloud last name are 16.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cloud earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 36.49% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,312 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.3% more than the national average, earning R 326,268 per year; in United States they earn 5.63% less than the national average, earning $40,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.44% less than the national average, earning $42,011 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cloudt91483/
Clouds9113/
Clousd912/
Cloued912/
Cleoud911/
Cloudd911/
Clouyd911/
Chloud911/
Clou89412/
Clod8955/
Clud895/
Claud808,866/
Cloyd804,715/
Clout802,214/
Cloux801,099/
Clous80596/
Cloup80569/
Kloud80248/
Cloue80168/
Chlud80139/
Clodd80111/
Clodt8095/
Cleod8042/
Cloué8025/
Chlod8024/
Cloid8015/
Clood806/
Clyod803/
Cludd803/
Clouz803/
Cludt802/
Clodz802/
Qloud801/
Cleud801/
Cluid801/
Cluyd801/
Clouy801/
Clued801/
Cluod801/
Cleou801/
Clo751,571/
Clu7538/
Clouet735,558/
Khloud73245/
Cloute73221/
Cloyed73202/
Clouts73154/
Clouth73125/
Cloidt73123/
Clouye73102/
Cloodt73102/
Cloutt7394/
Cellou7373/
Cloues7357/
Cloedt7336/
Clouss7327/
Clouch7322/
Cleous7320/
Claoue7316/
Clehou7313/
Clouya7310/
Klouds736/
Clouët735/
Cloush734/
Cleoux732/
Kloudt732/
Clauds732/
Claudt731/
Claudd731/
Cloust731/
Clouje731/
Clouyo731/
Clouys731/
Claudz731/
Cloyid731/
Cloyds730/
Claued730/
Clouph730/
Cloutz730/
Clowed730/
Cluedt730/
Cloueh730/
Clos673,380/
Clot673,258/
Klou671,989/
Kelloud67984/
Clue67900/
Clop67883/
Cloe67804/
Cloy67758/
Cleo67473/
Cloa67471/
Clau67322/
Cloo67249/
Chillou67198/
Clup67173/
Clad67168/
Clio67166/
Klod67159/
Clus6788/
Cloß6783/
Clut6759/
Cluydts6758/
Klud6747/
Cloutte6743/
Cloz6740/
Chellou6736/
Cloodts6729/
Cleu6721/
Cluz6712/
Cluß674/
Cluj674/
Cloi673/
Qlod672/
Cloh672/
Cloë672/
Cliu671/
Clouete671/
Clui671/
Dclouet671/
Cloţ671/
Qclu671/
Qlou671/
Zlud671/
Cclu671/
Cluu671/
Clux671/
Clyo671/
Cllo670/
Clhouhy670/
Clouett670/
Clehous670/
Clouies670/
Cluy670/

Cloud Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cloud in the Arabic language
كلاودklawd-

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