Osliff Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Osliff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osliff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:1,989,93178,001
Scotland91:594,86921,724
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234

Osliff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osliff is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Osliff.

How Common Is The Last Name Osliff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Osliff live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Osliff is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,989,931. In England it is mostly found in: Cumbria, where 64 percent live, Lancashire, where 29 percent live and Greater London, where 4 percent live. Other than England Osliff is found in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 24 percent live.

Osliff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Osliff has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osliffe924/
Oscliff920/
Oliff91928/
Olliff831,080/
Oliffe83175/
Goliff8332/
Olijff8325/
Olioff8315/
Olieff8311/
Holiff838/
Ocliff831/
Ouliff831/
Oleiff830/
Olif809/
Olliffe77654/
Golliff7730/
Ouleiff771/
Holliff770/
Aliff732,581/
Oleff73249/
Olife7399/
Ollif7352/
Olyff7334/
Golif7315/
Holif739/
Oloif738/
Olief736/
Olijf735/
Oulif735/
Aslif733/
Olaif731/
Olift731/
Houlieff715/
Hassliff710/
Hatsliff710/
Houcliff710/
Olaife67203/
Oleffe67101/
Auliff6776/
Alieff6746/
Aliffe6727/
Haliff6723/
Ohleff6720/
D'Olif6717/
Goleff6715/
Hollif679/
Alliff676/
Alioff676/
Ollife675/
Ollief675/
Goushleff675/
Osliev673/
Houlif671/
Gollif671/
Acliff671/
Alifff671/
Oleife671/
Aaliff671/
Ohlief671/
Ouslib671/
Olheff670/
O'Lyff670/

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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 Osliff
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