How common is the surname Sutcliffe?

2,193 people in the United States had the surname Sutcliffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,787 Americans. It ranked 13,790th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sutcliffe?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sutcliffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sutcliffe?

Thelma Sutcliffe, American supercentenarian.

Where is the surname Sutcliffe most common?

Wikidata records people named Sutcliffe in the United States.

How do you pronounce Sutcliffe?

Sutcliffe is /ˈsʌtklɪf/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sutcliffe getting more or less common?

More common. 2,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,193 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Sutcliffe

An English place surname, carried by 2,193 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsʌtklɪf/ 2 syllables Soundex S324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sutcliffe is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + clif (“cliff”).

Sutcliffe is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,193 people named Sutcliffe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,787 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,150.

#13,790

rank among US surnames

2,193

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #13,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,781	Pettengill	2,195	140,659
#13,786	Schuessler	2,194	140,723
#13,790	Cuddy	2,193	140,787
#13,795	Wickstrom	2,192	140,851
#13,798	Fassett	2,191	140,915

Who is named Sutcliffe

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

93% of people named Sutcliffe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sutcliffes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thelma Sutcliffe
American supercentenarian, 1906–2022

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sutcliffe come from?: Habitational surname, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + clif (“cliff”).
How common is the surname Sutcliffe?: 2,193 people in the United States had the surname Sutcliffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,787 Americans. It ranked 13,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sutcliffe?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sutcliffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sutcliffe?: Thelma Sutcliffe, American supercentenarian.
Where is the surname Sutcliffe most common?: Wikidata records people named Sutcliffe in the United States.
How do you pronounce Sutcliffe?: Sutcliffe is /ˈsʌtklɪf/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Sutcliffe?: Sutcliffe is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Sutcliffe getting more or less common?: More common. 2,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,193 in 2010, up 2.0%.