Explore the Family Name Antcliff

The meaning of Antcliff

English: habitational name from Arncliffe, Yorkshire, with loss of -r- and, at a later stage, an intrusive -t-, or (less probably) from Arnecliff in Egton or Ingleby Arncliffe, both in North Yorkshire. All are named from Old English earn ‘eagle’ (genitive plural earna) + clif ‘cliff’.

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How common is the last name Antcliff in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Antcliff has seen a modest increase between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the name rose from 56,120 in 2000 to 54,296 in 2010, marking a change of approximately 3.25 percent. Simultaneously, the count of individuals using this surname went up from 341 in 2000 to 380 in 2010, an increase of about 11.44 percent. Despite these changes, the proportion of the Antcliff surname per 100,000 people remained steady at 0.13 throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,120	#54,296	3.25%
Count	341	380	11.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.13	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Antcliff

In terms of ethnic identity, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the surname Antcliff identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. Specifically, in 2000, 97.65% identified as White, slightly decreasing to 97.37% in 2010. Notably, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, which was not recorded in the 2000 census. Other ethnicities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either non-existent or suppressed for privacy reasons in the data for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.65%	97.37%	-0.29%
Two or More Races	0%	1.32%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%