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The JOLLIFF surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,121 13201 0.001 8
United States (1880 census) 474 10105 0.001 9
Change since 1880 +1647 -3096 0 -1
Other Countries
Australia 14 70057 0 1
United Kingdom 149 19546 0 3
Top States for JOLLIFF by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Ohio 405 3760 0.004 36
California 227 12094 0.001 7
Illinois 197 7182 0.002 16
Indiana 173 4822 0.003 28
Missouri 161 4920 0.003 29
Top States for JOLLIFF by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Montana 45 3104 0.005 50
Ohio 405 3760 0.004 36
Missouri 161 4920 0.003 29
Indiana 173 4822 0.003 28
Idaho 31 6322 0.002 24

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

Classification and Origin of JOLLIFF

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JOLLIFF 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 JOLLIFF 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 JOLLIFF in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 178 8.39
Mixed Race 33 1.56
White (Hispanic) 21 0.99
Native American/Alaskan 9 0.42
Asian/Pacific 5 0.24
White (Caucasian) 1,875 88.4

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

Meaning of JOLLIFF in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of JOLLIFF.

Similar names to JOLLIFF

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JOLLIFF.

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 JOLLIFF

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