Explore the Family Name Gatliff

The meaning of Gatliff

English (Lancashire): variant of Gatecliff, a habitational name for someone from Gatley in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire), from Old English gāt ‘goat’ + clif ‘cliff, bank’.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Gatliff has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Gatliff ranked 41,382 in popularity with a total count of 496 occurrences. By 2010, the rank had slipped to 45,495 and the count had dropped to 470. This represents a change of -9.94 in ranking and a -5.24 decrease in count. The proportion of individuals with the Gatliff surname per 100k people also decreased by -11.11 during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,382	#45,495	-9.94%
Count	496	470	-5.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.16	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gatliff

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Gatliff surname identify as White, accounting for 93.75% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 92.98% in 2010. Hispanic and Black ethnic identities showed an increase over the decade, with Hispanic representation increasing from 2.22% to 2.55%, and Black representation going up from 2.02% to 2.55%. Those identifying with two or more races made up a small percentage, increasing from 1.21% in 2000 to 1.28% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals with the Gatliff surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.75%	92.98%	-0.82%
Hispanic	2.22%	2.55%	14.86%
Black	2.02%	2.55%	26.24%
Two or More Races	1.21%	1.28%	5.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%