Tunnicliffe Surname

115,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,988 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Tunnicliffe Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tunnicliff,' in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire For an American variant, v. Dunnicliff.

James Scholfield, of Tunnicliffe. Par. Rochdale, husbandman, 1663: Wills at Chester.

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Tunnicliffe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7021:20,6212,917
New Zealand5271:8,5931,483
United States2561:1,415,85597,523
Australia1651:163,61016,947
Canada1011:364,80832,793
Scotland721:74,3595,625
Wales651:47,6084,483
Ireland281:168,1767,397
France181:3,690,151224,666
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9871:24,6963,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Tunnicliffe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tunnicliff,' in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire For an American variant, v. Dunnicliff.

James Scholfield, of Tunnicliffe. Par. Rochdale, husbandman, 1663: Wills at Chester.

1724-5. Married — John Tunnecliff and Elizabeth Capp: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1753. — Thomas Gould and Elizabeth Tunnecliff: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

Joseph Tunnicliff, mayor of Macclesfield, 1818: Earwaker's East Cheshire.

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

Belonging to Tunnicliff (Rochdale), 17thcent. Tunnicliffe, earlier Tunaleclif [Middle English clif(fe, Old English clif, a cliff: the first element is prob. for tunnel, Old French tonnelle-the whole name therefore denoting a cliff, or rock, into which a tunnel had been driven]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Belonging to Tunnicliff (Rochdale), 17thcent. Tunnicliffe, earlier Tunaleclif

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Tonnacliff; a location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tunnicliffe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tunnicliffe has its highest incidence in England. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunnicliffe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 115,735th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,827,369 people. The surname Tunnicliffe occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Tunnicliffe reside; 72 percent reside in Northern Europe and 72 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 2,702 people, or 1 in 20,621. In England it is most common in: Staffordshire, where 19 percent live, Derbyshire, where 12 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 6 percent live. Barring England this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Tunnicliffe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tunnicliffe has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Tunnicliffe surname grew 274 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 3,657 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tunnicliffe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tunnicliffe surname are 0.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.83% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tunnicliffe earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 45.69% more than the national average, earning R 346,212 per year; in United States they earn 28.59% more than the national average, earning $55,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.01% more than the national average, earning $52,670 CAD per year.

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