How common is the last name Clifton?

23,350 people in the United States have the last name Clifton, about 1 in 12,801. It ranks #1,493 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CLIFTON

#1,493

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,350
About
1 in 12,801
This common or more
44.4%
Who bears it

Of the 23,350 people with the last name Clifton, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 12.2% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Clifton

#1,491 Mohammed · 23,378#1,492 Draper · 23,360#1,494 Funk · 23,348#1,495 Sanderson · 23,313

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clifton, most common first.

#8,048 Clift · 3,947#14,118 Clopton · 2,042#90,184 Cliffton · 220

Also a first name

As a first name, Clifton ranks #1,175 of 53,615, with 33,448 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1975, with 1,224 births. See Clifton as a first name

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