Tunnicliffe Surname
Approximately 3,988 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameTunnicliffe Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 2,702 | 1:20,621 | 2,917 |
New Zealand | 527 | 1:8,593 | 1,483 |
United States | 256 | 1:1,415,855 | 97,523 |
Australia | 165 | 1:163,610 | 16,947 |
Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
Scotland | 72 | 1:74,359 | 5,625 |
Wales | 65 | 1:47,608 | 4,483 |
Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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England | 987 | 1:24,696 | 3,426 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
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.
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]
Belonging to Tunnicliff (Rochdale), 17thcent. Tunnicliffe, earlier Tunaleclif
From Tonnacliff; a location name in Lancashire.
Tunnicliffe Demographics
Average Male Tunnicliffe Height
177.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Tunnicliffie | 96 | 1 | / |
Tunnicliff | 95 | 986 | / |
Tunicliffe | 95 | 20 | / |
Tunnecliffe | 91 | 114 | / |
Tonnicliffe | 91 | 1 | / |
Tunnickliff | 91 | 1 | / |
Tunnuicliff | 91 | 0 | / |
Tunniclyffe | 91 | 0 | / |
Tunniscliff | 91 | 0 | / |
Tunicliff | 90 | 3 | / |
Tunnecliff | 86 | 66 | / |
Tunniclifs | 86 | 1 | / |
Tuniecliff | 86 | 0 | / |
Tunnicleff | 86 | 0 | / |
Tunnycliff | 86 | 0 | / |
Tunecliffe | 86 | 0 | / |
Tunniclift | 86 | 0 | / |
Tunneycliff | 82 | 36 | / |
Tunecliff | 80 | 0 | / |
Tunneclif | 80 | 0 | / |
Tuneucliff | 76 | 0 | / |
Toneycliffe | 73 | 63 | / |
Tonecliff | 70 | 0 | / |
Toniklif | 63 | 1 | / |
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