Sheirtcliff Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Sheirtcliff Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the White or Shining Cliff [Old English scír + clif] This is specifically a Yorks surname, found as Shirclyf a.d. 1379 and Sheircliffe and Sherclyff in the early 17th cent.

Sheirtcliff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
England61:9,286,343223,652

Sheirtcliff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the White or Shining Cliff [Old English scír + clif] This is specifically a Yorks surname, found as Shirclyf a.d. 1379 and Sheircliffe and Sherclyff in the early 17th cent.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
DNA test information

Sheirtcliff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sheirtcliff is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheirtcliff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sheirtcliff is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Sheirtcliff reside; 57 percent reside in Australasia and 57 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most common in New Zealand, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand Sheirtcliff is most common in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent live. Other than New Zealand Sheirtcliff is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 43 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shirtcliff95240/
Sheircliff9512/
Shertcliff950/
Shirtcliffe91439/
Shircliff90464/
Shercliff9055/
Shirtclif901/
Sertcliffe860/
Schircliff860/
Shirclif844/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sheirtcliff
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