Dunnicliff Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Dunnicliff Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A variant of Tunnicliffe; compare Tennyson or Tennison for Dennison.

1800. Married — William Coutts and Mary Duneclift: St. George, Hanover Square.

Dunnicliff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1091:247,66722,912
England661:844,21344,691
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Dunnicliff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A variant of Tunnicliffe; compare Tennyson or Tennison for Dennison.

1800. Married — William Coutts and Mary Duneclift: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

Dunnicliff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunnicliff is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunnicliff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,061,269th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname Dunnicliff occurs mostly in Oceania, where 49 percent of Dunnicliff reside; 49 percent reside in Australasia and 49 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Dunnicliff is most common in Australia, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 247,667. In Australia Dunnicliff is most prevalent in: South Australia, where 39 percent reside, Northern Territory, where 35 percent reside and New South Wales, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Australia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.

Dunnicliff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dunnicliff has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 24 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dunnicliff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dunnicliff surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Dunnicliff earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 59.67% more than the national average, earning $68,897 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.62% more than the national average, earning $50,984 CAD per year.

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Dunnicliff Reference & Research

Dunnicliffe FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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