Clefton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 8

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Clefton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Clefton family

Profession Census Frequency
Farm Labourer 3
Straw Bonnet Maker 1
Assistnt 1
National School Master 1
Scholar 1
Coal Miner 1
Gardener 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Clefton

Name Census Frequency
John Clefton 11
Mary Clefton 11
Sarah Clefton 7
Elizabeth Clefton 5
George Clefton 4
Thomas Clefton 4
Hannah Clefton 3
Alfred Clefton 2
Edward Clefton 2
Emily Clefton 2
Harriet Clefton 2
Jane Clefton 2
Joseph Clefton 2
Leonard Clefton 2
Samuel Clefton 2
William Clefton 2
Alen Clefton 1
Alice Clefton 1
Amelia Clefton 1
Annie Clefton 1
Archard Clefton 1
Arthur Clefton 1
Aruba Clefton 1
Bealice Clefton 1
Charles Clefton 1

Clefton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Clifton 86% 30,197
2 Clafton 86% 514
3 Clefton 100% 103

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The surname Clefton is the 3rd most popular variant of Clifton.

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