# Clift (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/clift/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,256 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,789 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,544 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (4,242 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Clift in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Clift in the United States and Australia.

## People named Clift

- Montgomery Clift, American actor (1920–1966)
- Charmian Clift, Australian writer (1923–1969)
- Denison Clift, American film director, writer (1885–1961)
- Mia Clift, Australian snowboarder (born 2004)

## Similar surnames

Clifton, Clopton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.