Radcliffe Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

Radcliffe Surname

31,845^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 16,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Isle of Man

Radcliffe 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.

Radcliffe Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	8,311	1:43,612	5,351
England	4,343	1:12,829	1,892
Australia	1,393	1:19,380	2,682
Canada	824	1:44,716	5,509
Wales	347	1:8,918	986
New Zealand	316	1:14,330	2,510
South Africa	284	1:190,767	20,712
Scotland	197	1:27,177	2,903
Jamaica	176	1:16,307	1,527
Northern Ireland	170	1:10,853	1,674
Isle of Man	109	1:787	115
Thailand	25	1:2,825,534	284,782
India	24	1:31,961,058	386,265
Argentina	14	1:3,053,101	127,728
Singapore	13	1:423,669	18,211
Brazil	13	1:16,467,256	295,032
Indonesia	13	1:10,173,015	372,576
Qatar	12	1:196,500	26,891
Jersey	12	1:8,267	1,718
Ireland	11	1:428,085	15,694
Spain	10	1:4,675,204	78,608
United Arab Emirates	9	1:1,018,030	36,884
Russia	9	1:16,013,673	414,297
China	7	1:195,331,652	10,124
Cayman Islands	6	1:10,649	1,253
Mexico	6	1:20,687,701	53,861
France	6	1:11,070,454	349,096
Finland	5	1:1,099,340	45,512
Israel	5	1:1,711,527	84,568
Italy	5	1:12,231,338	126,430
Philippines	5	1:20,247,645	262,352
Sweden	5	1:1,969,351	134,077
Dominican Republic	4	1:2,608,233	20,941
Sudan	4	1:9,377,549	8,207
Denmark	4	1:1,411,179	60,800
Germany	4	1:20,126,365	436,245
Hong Kong	3	1:2,445,161	9,595
Switzerland	3	1:2,737,638	105,941
Taiwan	2	1:11,722,373	63,559
Algeria	2	1:19,315,776	97,017
Mauritius	2	1:646,708	13,517
Belgium	2	1:5,748,322	130,559
Japan	2	1:63,922,146	62,827
Afghanistan	1	1:32,153,183	60,828
Sri Lanka	1	1:20,808,560	18,521
Papua New Guinea	1	1:8,153,717	181,784
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1:1,363,975	22,013
Turkey	1	1:77,821,422	191,047
Barbados	1	1:287,448	2,772
Uruguay	1	1:3,431,758	38,295
Vanuatu	1	1:263,276	2,086
Venezuela	1	1:30,204,077	85,459
Bahrain	1	1:1,348,608	10,432
Zimbabwe	1	1:15,438,240	133,260
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
Congo	1	1:4,989,096	34,171
Czechia	1	1:10,633,469	206,023
Ecuador	1	1:15,905,846	50,210
Eritrea	1	1:4,751,901	911
Fiji	1	1:894,391	4,568
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Iran	1	1:76,782,524	277,718
Kenya	1	1:46,179,900	103,372
Kuwait	1	1:3,800,694	27,187
Laos	1	1:6,588,323	1,961
Belarus	1	1:9,501,059	159,228
Malaysia	1	1:29,494,225	409,885
Morocco	1	1:34,476,099	111,471
Netherlands	1	1:16,887,176	156,465
Pakistan	1	1:178,643,885	213,220
Colombia	1	1:47,774,072	44,230
Peru	1	1:31,784,123	64,452
Poland	1	1:38,008,749	231,653
Portugal	1	1:10,418,241	25,048
Saudi Arabia	1	1:30,855,817	63,028
Slovenia	1	1:2,487,675	31,128

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	201	1:22,039	2,488

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	2,892	1:8,429	1,280
Isle of Man	442	1:123	26
Wales	100	1:15,684	932
Scotland	46	1:81,374	4,449
Guernsey	1	1:32,656	2,283

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	678	1:74,069	7,927

Radcliffe (1,664) may also be a first name.

Radcliffe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

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

(Red Cliff) Place name in England.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

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

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

I.e., Red-cliff, has been a common name in the north of the island from an early period. It is a place-name in Lancashire, where this family was at one time of some importance, Thomas Radclyf was Abbot of Rushen. On an old oak board, which, according to Sacheverell, once separated the chancel of Kirk Arbory from the rest of the church, are the following words: '. . . Tyll Hys Tym God Hays Hym Gefyn Sich Grace He Laboreth Besaly Ho . . . Blovd the Best Cvyn of the Chylde fvn in The Egle Nest Thomas Radclyf Abbot.' Henry Radcliffe, also Abbot of Rushen, was deputy- governor in 1497.

— Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Au English local name borne by different families. The Radcliffes of Radcliffe, Notts, were originally named De Mendrei, being a foreign family. In 1165 Reginald de Radclive held lands of ancient enfeoffment from the barony of Hansel in Notts (Liber Niger). In the next cent. Reginald de Mendrei paid scutage for a fee in Radeclive, Notts (Testa, 20), Walter Fitz-Stephen de R. was a benefactor to Thurgarton Priory, Notts (Mon. ii. 95).

— The Norman People (1874)

(English), anciently de Rubro clivo, Red cliff.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

DNA test information

Radcliffe Demographics

Radcliffe Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 201 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Radcliffe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Radcliffe Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Radcliffe is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Radcliffe.

How Common Is The Last Name Radcliffe? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 31,845^th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 435,077 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Radcliffe are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 188,778^th most widespread given name internationally, borne by 1,664 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 8,311 people, or 1 in 43,612. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 10 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 75 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Radcliffe Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Radcliffe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Radcliffe last name grew 1,226 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 347 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 428 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Radcliffe Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Radcliffe surname is primarily Presbyterian (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Radcliffe surname are 13.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.34% being registered with the party.

The amount Radcliffe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 18.81% more than the national average, earning R 282,348 per year; in United States they earn 9.85% more than the national average, earning $47,401 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.11% more than the national average, earning $52,224 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Raddcliffe	95	4	/
Readcliffe	95	1	/
Radcliffee	95	1	/
Radcliffed	95	1	/
Radclieffe	95	0	/
Radcliff	94	6,822	/
Radclife	94	17	/
Racliffe	94	6	/
Ratcliffe	89	26,521	/
Rackliffe	89	494	/
Radclyffe	89	139	/
Rodcliffe	89	3	/
Raddcliff	89	3	/
Raycliffe	89	2	/
Radclifee	89	2	/
Raicliffe	89	1	/
Radclifft	89	1	/
Raadcliff	89	0	/
Radclaffe	89	0	/
Rachliffe	89	0	/
Radcliffs	89	0	/
Racliff	88	16	/
Radclif	88	14	/
Rackcliffe	84	12	/
Rathcliffe	84	3	/
Ratscliffe	84	2	/
Rattcliffe	84	2	/
Ratcliffer	84	1	/
Ratchliffe	84	1	/
Ratclliffe	84	0	/
Rautcliffe	84	0	/
Ratcliffie	84	0	/
Ratcliff	82	16,402	/
Rackliff	82	600	/
Rocliffe	82	85	/
Ratclife	82	8	/
Raccliff	82	3	/
Radclyff	82	2	/
Radclief	82	2	/
Radkliff	82	2	/
Rodcliff	82	2	/
Radclifs	82	1	/
Radclift	82	1	/
Radcleif	82	0	/
Rakliffe	82	0	/
Rockliffe	78	621	/
Rattcliff	78	64	/
Rackcliff	78	17	/
Ratcleffe	78	2	/
Roycliffe	78	1	/
Ratclyffe	78	1	/
Ratcliffa	78	1	/
Ratclifee	78	1	/
Ratkliffe	78	1	/
Ratclisfe	78	1	/
Ratcliffs	78	1	/
Ratckliff	78	1	/
Rathcliff	78	1	/
Ratccliff	78	0	/
Rotcliffe	78	0	/
Ratclif	75	78	/
Rakliff	75	4	/
Rocliff	75	1	/
Racklif	75	0	/
Rockcliffe	74	327	/
Routcliffe	74	42	/
Rockliff	71	746	/
Rackleff	71	229	/
Ratclifs	71	6	/
Ratclift	71	4	/
Ratclisf	71	3	/
Rocklife	71	2	/
Roclliff	71	1	/
Ratcleff	71	0	/
Radkleff	71	0	/
Rotcliff	71	0	/
Ratclief	71	0	/
Racklief	71	0	/
Ratcliffová	70	2	/
Rockcliff	67	40	/
Ratcliftt	67	4	/
Routcliff	67	0	/

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