McCleefe Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

McCleefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCleefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

McCleefe Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCleefe is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of McCleefe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCleefe? popularity and diffusion

McCleefe is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McCleefe are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States McCleefe is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 33 percent live, Kentucky, where 33 percent live and Michigan, where 33 percent live.

McCleefe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCleefe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McLeefe933/
McClefe931/
McCleef931/
McCleafe881/
McLeef864/
McCleaf80625/
McClief800/
McCleff800/
McCleaft7529/
McClleaf751/
McCloffe750/
McCliffe750/
McClew71108/
McLeaf717/
Mqlefe712/
McCleva672/
McClews670/
McLefish630/
McLiffee630/
McLaffey630/
McLew6228/
Mkhlef576/
Mcleaw571/
Mcleab571/
McLevd571/
McLeva570/
McClauphey560/
McAelliffe560/
McKelleb5082/
McGillif501/
McKellif501/
McGillew500/
McKillif500/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McCleefe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis