Sutcliffe Surname
Approximately 21,922 people bear this surname
Sutcliffe Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller by the South Cliff [Old English súð + clif] This surname occurs in the Yorks Poll-Tax, a.d. 1379, as both Southclif and Sothclyff.
Sutcliffe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12,364 | 1:4,506 | 617 |
| United States | 3,144 | 1:115,286 | 12,459 |
| Australia | 2,967 | 1:9,099 | 1,351 |
| Canada | 1,048 | 1:35,158 | 4,499 |
| New Zealand | 825 | 1:5,489 | 888 |
| South Africa | 289 | 1:187,466 | 20,414 |
| Wales | 288 | 1:10,745 | 1,200 |
| Scotland | 198 | 1:27,039 | 2,894 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Ireland | 99 | 1:47,565 | 3,501 |
| Spain | 66 | 1:708,364 | 30,810 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Slovakia | 29 | 1:184,016 | 31,260 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Northern Ireland | 18 | 1:102,502 | 6,334 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 96 | 1:46,144 | 4,020 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11,823 | 1:2,062 | 298 |
| Scotland | 30 | 1:124,774 | 5,666 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:104,561 | 4,503 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 384 | 1:130,778 | 12,540 |
Sutcliffe (102) may also be a first name.
Sutcliffe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller by the South Cliff [Old English súð + clif] This surname occurs in the Yorks Poll-Tax, a.d. 1379, as both Southclif and Sothclyff.
“South Cliff”. See also Radcliffe.
(English) Dweller by the south cliff or slope.
Sutcliffe Demographics
Average Male Sutcliffe Height
176.97 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sutcliffe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sutcliffe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sutcliffe occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sutcliffe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,645th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 332,431 people. The last name Sutcliffe is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Sutcliffe live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 59 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 935,178th most common first name world-wide, held by 102 people.
The surname Sutcliffe is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 12,364 people, or 1 in 4,506. In England Sutcliffe is primarily found in: West Yorkshire, where 28 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 12 percent live and Lancashire, where 10 percent live. Aside from England Sutcliffe is found in 65 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.
Sutcliffe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sutcliffe has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sutcliffe surname increased 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 819 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,920 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 660 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 103 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sutcliffe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sutcliffe surname is chiefly Anglican (38%) in Ireland.
In The United States Sutcliffe are 2.28% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.95% registered with the political party.
The amount Sutcliffe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.36% more than the national average, earning 426,941 kr per year; in Peru they earn 337.01% more than the national average, earning S/. 84,715 per year; in South Africa they earn 53.34% more than the national average, earning R 364,404 per year; in United States they earn 13.3% more than the national average, earning $48,889 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.47% more than the national average, earning $55,876 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suttcliffe | 95 | 21 | / |
| Sutclifffe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Suitcliffe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Sutchliffe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Suthcliffe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Sutcliff | 94 | 370 | / |
| Sutclife | 94 | 6 | / |
| Sucliffe | 94 | 3 | / |
| Southcliffe | 90 | 0 | / |
| Suttcliff | 89 | 3 | / |
| Sudcliffe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sutclieff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sutclliff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sutcliffa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Suttclife | 89 | 1 | / |
| Suclliffe | 89 | 0 | / |
| Sotcliffe | 89 | 0 | / |
| Sutzliffe | 89 | 0 | / |
| Sutcliffs | 89 | 0 | / |
| Suitcliff | 89 | 0 | / |
| Sutclif | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sucliff | 88 | 0 | / |
| Southcliff | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schutcliff | 84 | 0 | / |
| Sutcleaffe | 84 | 0 | / |
| Suttclifee | 84 | 0 | / |
| Succliff | 82 | 6 | / |
| Sudcliff | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sutclift | 82 | 0 | / |
| Suclliff | 82 | 0 | / |
| Sukliffe | 82 | 0 | / |
| Shuckliff | 78 | 0 | / |
| Sutkhlif | 71 | 7 | / |
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Sutcliffe Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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