Radcliff Surname

72,296th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,822 people bear this surname

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

Radcliff Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Radcliffe,' a parish in Lancashire, one of four only places in the Salford Hundred mentioned in Domesday. Radcliffe is two miles from Bury, and it is in this district the surname is especially common.

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Radcliff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,5241:55,5586,632
Australia931:290,27625,669
England911:612,28636,401
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Jamaica151:191,3305,833
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Guam11:160,1214,893
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland391:113,5866,892
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2321:105,06610,474
Scotland241:155,9676,425
Wales161:98,0264,293
Isle of Man71:7,753762
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6961:29,6103,601

Radcliff (348) may also be a first name.

Radcliff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Radcliffe,' a parish in Lancashire, one of four only places in the Salford Hundred mentioned in Domesday. Radcliffe is two miles from Bury, and it is in this district the surname is especially common.

William de Radeclive, 6 Edward I: Baines' Lancashire.

'John de Radeclif holds the tenth part of one Knight's fee in Risshcton': Knight's Fees, 23 Edward III, ibid.

Willelmus de Radclif, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1608. Richard Radcliffe, Lancashire, St. Mary Hall: Register of the University of Oxford.

Alys Radcliffe, of Wymersley, 1554 Wills at Chester.

Robert Rateliffe, of Manchester, 1616: ibid.

1708. Married — William English and Ann Radleff: St. George, Hanover Square.

With this corruption, compare Cunliffe for Cunteliffe.

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

(English) belonging to Radcliffe, Radclive = the Red Cliff [Old Englishr(e)ád + clif: W.Sax. charter dat. form ‘tó reádanclife’] This name was Latinized de Rubro Clivo. Radcliffe, Lancs, is Radeclive in Domesday-Book. The ‘‘cliff of red rock” is on the south-eastern side of the River Irwell. Cp. Ratcliff(e.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Radcliffe (red cliff), in Lancashire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Local. A place in Lancashire, England, so called from a cliff of red rock.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Radcliff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Radcliff has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Radcliff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 72,296th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,068,242 people. The last name Radcliff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Radcliff are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Radcliff is also the 467,354th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 348 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,524 people, or 1 in 55,558. In The United States Radcliff is most numerous in: Ohio, where 13 percent are found, West Virginia, where 8 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Radcliff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Radcliff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 385 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 61 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 79 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Radcliff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Presbyterian (41%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Radcliff surname are 16.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.28% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Radcliff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.23% less than the national average, earning $41,323 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.64% more than the national average, earning $50,994 CAD per year.

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