von Cleef Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
von Cleef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
von Cleef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name von Cleef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name von Cleef is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of von Cleef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name von Cleef? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of von Cleef live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany von Cleef is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| von Clef | 94 | 5 | / |
| van Cleef | 89 | 1,210 | / |
| von Cleff | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Cleeff | 84 | 88 | / |
| van Cleefs | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Cleefe | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Clef | 82 | 14 | / |
| van Kleef | 78 | 3,657 | / |
| van Clief | 78 | 76 | / |
| van Cleaf | 78 | 48 | / |
| van Cleff | 78 | 9 | / |
| van Cleev | 78 | 7 | / |
| Van-Cleef | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Cleft | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Cleif | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Kleeff | 74 | 270 | / |
| van Clieaf | 74 | 32 | / |
| van Kleefe | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Clif | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Clev | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Clew | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Cliff | 67 | 13 | / |
| Van-Kleef | 67 | 6 | / |
| van Cleav | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Cloif | 67 | 0 | / |
| Van-Kleeff | 63 | 3 | / |
| van Cliffe | 63 | 0 | / |
| van Klev | 59 | 6 | / |
| Van-Cliff | 56 | 18 | / |
| van Klift | 56 | 1 | / |
| Van-Kleyf | 56 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to von Cleef
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