Cloud Surname
Approximately 22,546 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameCloud Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,823 | 1:18,285 | 2,312 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| France | 365 | 1:181,980 | 28,333 |
| England | 307 | 1:181,492 | 16,346 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Peru | 139 | 1:228,663 | 9,879 |
| Canada | 135 | 1:272,930 | 25,634 |
| China | 129 | 1:10,599,392 | 660 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| Philippines | 83 | 1:1,219,738 | 95,055 |
| Iran | 74 | 1:1,037,602 | 47,336 |
| South Africa | 70 | 1:773,967 | 53,253 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Bahamas | 48 | 1:8,161 | 696 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Vietnam | 14 | 1:6,617,575 | 2,518 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 145 | 1:168,106 | 14,298 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,456 | 1:14,531 | 1,860 |
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.
(English, Scottish) Dweller near the rock or mass of stone; the son of Leod (ugly).
In Scotland, M'Cloud is the corruption of Mac Leod.
From the Gaelic name McCloud, a corruption of MacLeod. Hence perhaps the name Clout.
A form of Clout.
Cloud Demographics
Average Male Cloud Height
176.94 cm
Average Female Cloud Height
159.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudt | 91 | 483 | / |
| Clouds | 91 | 13 | / |
| Clousd | 91 | 2 | / |
| Cloued | 91 | 2 | / |
| Cleoud | 91 | 1 | / |
| Cloudd | 91 | 1 | / |
| Clouyd | 91 | 1 | / |
| Chloud | 91 | 1 | / |
| Clou | 89 | 412 | / |
| Clod | 89 | 55 | / |
| Clud | 89 | 5 | / |
| Claud | 80 | 8,866 | / |
| Cloyd | 80 | 4,715 | / |
| Clout | 80 | 2,214 | / |
| Cloux | 80 | 1,099 | / |
| Clous | 80 | 596 | / |
| Cloup | 80 | 569 | / |
| Kloud | 80 | 248 | / |
| Cloue | 80 | 168 | / |
| Chlud | 80 | 139 | / |
| Clodd | 80 | 111 | / |
| Clodt | 80 | 95 | / |
| Cleod | 80 | 42 | / |
| Cloué | 80 | 25 | / |
| Chlod | 80 | 24 | / |
| Cloid | 80 | 15 | / |
| Clood | 80 | 6 | / |
| Clyod | 80 | 3 | / |
| Cludd | 80 | 3 | / |
| Clouz | 80 | 3 | / |
| Cludt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Clodz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Qloud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cleud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cluid | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cluyd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Clouy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Clued | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cluod | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cleou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Clo | 75 | 1,571 | / |
| Clu | 75 | 38 | / |
| Clouet | 73 | 5,558 | / |
| Khloud | 73 | 245 | / |
| Cloute | 73 | 221 | / |
| Cloyed | 73 | 202 | / |
| Clouts | 73 | 154 | / |
| Clouth | 73 | 125 | / |
| Cloidt | 73 | 123 | / |
| Clouye | 73 | 102 | / |
| Cloodt | 73 | 102 | / |
| Cloutt | 73 | 94 | / |
| Cellou | 73 | 73 | / |
| Cloues | 73 | 57 | / |
| Cloedt | 73 | 36 | / |
| Clouss | 73 | 27 | / |
| Clouch | 73 | 22 | / |
| Cleous | 73 | 20 | / |
| Claoue | 73 | 16 | / |
| Clehou | 73 | 13 | / |
| Clouya | 73 | 10 | / |
| Klouds | 73 | 6 | / |
| Clouët | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cloush | 73 | 4 | / |
| Cleoux | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kloudt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Clauds | 73 | 2 | / |
| Claudt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Claudd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cloust | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clouje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clouyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clouys | 73 | 1 | / |
| Claudz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cloyid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cloyds | 73 | 0 | / |
| Claued | 73 | 0 | / |
| Clouph | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cloutz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Clowed | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cluedt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cloueh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Clos | 67 | 3,380 | / |
| Clot | 67 | 3,258 | / |
| Klou | 67 | 1,989 | / |
| Kelloud | 67 | 984 | / |
| Clue | 67 | 900 | / |
| Clop | 67 | 883 | / |
| Cloe | 67 | 804 | / |
| Cloy | 67 | 758 | / |
| Cleo | 67 | 473 | / |
| Cloa | 67 | 471 | / |
| Clau | 67 | 322 | / |
| Cloo | 67 | 249 | / |
| Chillou | 67 | 198 | / |
| Clup | 67 | 173 | / |
| Clad | 67 | 168 | / |
| Clio | 67 | 166 | / |
| Klod | 67 | 159 | / |
| Clus | 67 | 88 | / |
| Cloß | 67 | 83 | / |
| Clut | 67 | 59 | / |
| Cluydts | 67 | 58 | / |
| Klud | 67 | 47 | / |
| Cloutte | 67 | 43 | / |
| Cloz | 67 | 40 | / |
| Chellou | 67 | 36 | / |
| Cloodts | 67 | 29 | / |
| Cleu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Cluz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cluß | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cluj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cloi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qlod | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cloh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cloë | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cliu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clouete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dclouet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cloţ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qclu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qlou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zlud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cclu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cluu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cllo | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clhouhy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clouett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clehous | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clouies | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cluy | 67 | 0 | / |
Cloud Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud in the Arabic language | ||
| كلاود | klawd | - |
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