Clives Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Clives Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Clives family

Profession Census Frequency
Servant 1
House Servant 1
Publican 1
Tailor Journeyman 1

Clives Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cleaves 71% 1,515
2 Cleves 83% 581
3 Cloves 83% 481
4 Cleeves 71% 364
5 Clives 100% 150
6 Claves 83% 104

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The surname Clives is the 5th most popular variant of Cleaves.

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