Cleife Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cleife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cleife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England841:663,31038,317
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808

Cleife (20) may also be a first name.

Cleife Last Name Facts

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

Cleife is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cleife? popularity and diffusion

Cleife is the 1,806,862nd most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. Cleife occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Cleife reside; 90 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in British Isles. Cleife is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 20 people.

Cleife is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 663,310. In England Cleife is primarily concentrated in: Hampshire, where 74 percent live, East Sussex, where 7 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 6 percent live. Apart from England this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent live and Scotland, where 8 percent live.

Cleife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cleife has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Cleife last name increased 323 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cleifer921/
Clife917/
Clefe915/
Cleif910/
Cliffe835,518/
Cleffe8312/
Cleiff8310/
Cloefe835/
Kleife832/
Cleafe831/
Cliefe831/
Cluife831/
Cleifi831/
Clefee831/
Clifer830/
Clef80224/
Clif8064/
Cliffer7720/
Cleffie7717/
Clefesh771/
Khleife771/
Cliffes771/
Cleffer771/
Cleffes771/
Clifffe771/
Clipfer770/
Cliffey770/
Clepfer770/
Cliffee770/
Cleffey770/
Cliff7311,335/
Clift7311,213/
Cleff73470/
Cleef73427/
Clepf7354/
Kleif7331/
Clief7329/
Cleaf7313/
Cleft739/
Klife733/
Klefe732/
Clefa732/
Cleev731/
Clefh731/
Clyfe731/
Claef731/
Clefs731/
Clefi731/
Cleuf731/
Cleew730/
Clefy730/
Claifetz711/
Cloipfer710/
Clifft67747/
Khleif67548/
Cleffi67232/
Cleffs6744/
Kleffe6741/
Khlife6724/
Clieff6721/
Cliffy6721/
Cleeff6716/
Clafer6715/
Cliffs679/
Kleiff676/
Clifit673/
Clafee673/
Cliffi672/
Klifei672/
Clifis671/
Cillif671/
Clliff671/
Chlifi671/
Cleefi671/
Cliofé671/
Cliaff671/
Kliffe671/
Clefss671/
Klepfe671/
Clafey671/
Clefft671/
Clieaf671/
Cloufe671/
Claffe670/
Chilliffe670/

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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
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  • 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 Cleife
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