How common is the surname Clift?

4,256 people in the United States had the surname Clift in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,544 Americans. It ranked 7,789th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Clift?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Clift identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Clift?

Montgomery Clift, American actor (1920–1966), followed by Charmian Clift.

Where is the surname Clift most common?

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

Is the surname Clift getting more or less common?

More common. 4,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,256 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Clift

A surname, carried by 4,256 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C413

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clift is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,256 people named Clift in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,544 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,242.

#7,789

rank among US surnames

4,256

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,253)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,781	Strachan	4,266	72,374
#7,782	Arceo	4,265	72,391
#7,783	Bumgardner	4,264	72,407
#7,784	Henninger	4,262	72,441
#7,785	Akhtar	4,260	72,475
#7,787	Nero	4,259	72,492
#7,788	Hertz	4,257	72,527

Who is named Clift

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Clift identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clifts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Clifts come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Clift

Clifton

Clift has the Soundex code C413, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C413.

Questions

How common is the surname Clift?: 4,256 people in the United States had the surname Clift in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,544 Americans. It ranked 7,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clift?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Clift identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Clift?: Montgomery Clift, American actor (1920–1966), followed by Charmian Clift.
Where is the surname Clift most common?: Wikidata records people named Clift in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Clift getting more or less common?: More common. 4,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,256 in 2010, up 0.3%.