Explore the Family Name Sutliff

The meaning of Sutliff

English: variant of Sutcliffe.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Sutliff has witnessed a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname moved from 13,618 in 2000 to 14,933 in 2010, highlighting a decrease of around 9.66 percent in its popularity. Furthermore, the count of people with this surname also dropped by approximately 3.03 percent, from 2,044 in 2000 to 1,982 in 2010. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 population also experienced a decrease of 11.84 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,618	#14,933	-9.66%
Count	2,044	1,982	-3.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.76	0.67	-11.84%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sutliff

The ethnicity associated with the surname Sutliff has seen some changes as well, according to the findings from the Decennial U.S. Census. While the largest share of this surname was predominantly associated with the White ethnic identity at 95.61 percent in 2010 (down slightly from 96.48 percent in 2000), there were substantial percentage increases among other ethnic identities. For instance, those identifying as Hispanic rose by 66.93 percent, American Indian and Alaskan Native increased by 34.69 percent, while Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races saw increases of 2.27 percent and 10.26 percent respectively. However, the Black ethnic identity related with the surname Sutliff decreased significantly by 44.44 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.48%	95.61%	-0.9%
Hispanic	1.27%	2.12%	66.93%
Two or More Races	0.78%	0.86%	10.26%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.49%	0.66%	34.69%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.44%	0.45%	2.27%
Black	0.54%	0.3%	-44.44%