Cunnliffe Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cunnliffe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cunnliffe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:3,277,533109,658
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Cunnliffe Last Name Facts

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

Cunnliffe is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Cunnliffe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cunnliffe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Cunnliffe live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Cunnliffe is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England it is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 59 percent reside, Merseyside, where 29 percent reside and Derbyshire, where 6 percent reside. Other than England this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.

Cunnliffe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cunnliffe has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Cunnliffe last name rose 425 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cunliffe949,376/
Cunnliff941/
Cunlifffe893/
Cunlieffe892/
Cunliffer891/
Cunliff8856/
Cunlife884/
Conliffe82948/
Cumliffe825/
Cunliffs820/
Cunlif801/
Conliff75132/
Sunlife7515/
Cumlife750/
Cunlief750/
Cunleff750/
Conleff632/
Kunlev5333/
Conlew534/
Kunliphphe531/
Cumlew530/
Conleyw500/

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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 Cunnliffe
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