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The surname Radcliff

A surname, carried by 5,232 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹæd.klɪf/ 2 syllables Soundex R324

Radcliff: #6,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Radcliff #6,489, 5,232 people Radcliff: #6,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Radcliff #6,489, 5,232 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Radcliff is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,232 people named Radcliff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,011 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,055.

#6,489
rank among US surnames
5,232
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+3.5%
change since 2000 (was #6,232)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,484Broom5,23658,966
#6,486Kile5,23458,988
#6,488Gervais5,23359,000
#6,489Radcliff5,23259,011

Who is named Radcliff

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

82% of people named Radcliff identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 82%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Radcliff

Radcliff has the Soundex code R324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R324.

Questions

How common is the surname Radcliff?
5,232 people in the United States had the surname Radcliff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,011 Americans. It ranked 6,489th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Radcliff?
In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Radcliff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Radcliff?
Radcliff is /ˈɹæd.klɪf/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Radcliff getting more or less common?
More common. 5,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,232 in 2010, up 3.5%.