Cluness Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Cluness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cluness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland961:55,7694,673
England301:1,857,26974,552
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland781:47,9903,371
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Cluness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cluness is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cluness? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cluness is the 1,441,361st most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Cluness occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Cluness are found; 85 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in Scotland, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 55,769. In Scotland it is mostly concentrated in: Shetland, where 25 percent are found, City of Edinburgh, where 22 percent are found and Aberdeenshire, where 14 percent are found. Besides Scotland Cluness is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 12 percent are found.

Cluness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cluness has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Cluness last name expanded 123 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 429 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cluness Last Name Statistics demography

Cluness earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.28% less than the national average, earning $49,544 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clunes92608/
Clunies8642/
Cloness860/
Cluneas860/
Clune833,885/
Clooness800/
Clunie771,652/
Cluney77866/
Clunis77623/
Clunet7765/
Clones7760/
Clunne7736/
Cluner774/
Cloune771/
Cluine771/
Cliune771/
Klungness7592/
Clugnet7180/
Clouner7149/
Clounie7133/
Clunnie7127/
Klaunes716/
Clouney713/
Claunet711/
Cloenes711/
Slunets711/
Clunnis711/
Clhoune710/
Cluneey710/
Clunney710/
Clauney710/
Cluny67397/
Klune67315/
Clausner67312/
Klungnes6737/
Cluna6722/
Clone6714/
Clousner677/
Cluni676/
Cleunice673/
Cloutney671/
Cleumner670/

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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
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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 Cluness
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