Wickliffe Surname

222,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,834 people bear this surname

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

Wickliffe Surname Definition:

V. the commoner Wycliffe.

Wickliffe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5801:229,40422,112
Nigeria1311:1,352,23553,045
New Zealand891:50,8808,201
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1771:283,72122,815

Wickliffe (1,708) may also be a first name.

Wickliffe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. the commoner Wycliffe.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wickliffe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wickliffe is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wickliffe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wickliffe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wickliffe is the 222,254th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,973,580 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Wickliffe live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 185,866th most widely held first name on earth, held by 1,708 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,580 people, or 1 in 229,404. In The United States Wickliffe is mostly found in: Texas, where 17 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Kentucky, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.

Wickliffe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wickliffe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wickliffe surname expanded 893 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wickliffe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Presbyterian (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wickliffe surname are 1.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.72% registered with the political party.

Wickliffe earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $43,876 USD per year.

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Footnotes

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