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The CLIFFORD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 21,974 1486 0.008 81
United States (1880 census) 7,764 771 0.016 155
Change since 1880 +14210 -715 -0.008 -74
Other Countries
Australia 3,383 443 0.021 207
United Kingdom 10,425 571 0.023 227
Top States for CLIFFORD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,884 1748 0.006 56
Massachusetts 1,810 443 0.029 285
New York 1,666 1091 0.009 88
Florida 1,297 1580 0.008 81
Ohio 1,234 1080 0.011 109
Top States for CLIFFORD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 548 425 0.043 430
Vermont 223 382 0.037 366
New Hampshire 353 506 0.029 286
Massachusetts 1,810 443 0.029 285
South Dakota 129 584 0.017 171

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CLIFFORD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CLIFFORD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CLIFFORD in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CLIFFORD by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CLIFFORD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CLIFFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CLIFFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CLIFFORD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 776 3.53
Native American/Alaskan 404 1.84
White (Hispanic) 354 1.61
Mixed Race 283 1.29
Asian/Pacific 123 0.56
White (Caucasian) 20,031 91.16

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CLIFFORD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CLIFFORD in historical publications

CLIFFORD. The noble family, suruamed from Clifford (tlieir castle and lauds in CO. Hereford, which they acquired in marriage in the XII. cent.), came from Normaudy with the Conqueror, and then bore the name of Fitz Pons. They claimed lineal descent from Ricliard, Duke of Normandy, the grandfather of \\'iliam I. In charters, the name is latinized De Clivo Forte.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to CLIFFORD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CLIFFORD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CLIFFORD

The following words are slight variants of CLIFFORD that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.