Ratecliffe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 11
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 11
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ratecliffe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ratecliffe family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Farmers Wife 3
Cotton Weaver 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Dividents 2
Wheelwright 2
Farmer Of 14 Acres Of Land 1
Farmer Of 20 Acres Of Land 1
Farmer Of 82 Acres Employing 1 Boy 1
Farmer's Son 1
Farmers Daughter 1
Bricklayer Labourer 1
House Maid 1
Apprentice 1
Blacksmith 1
Cotton Mill Operative 1
Dress Maker 1
Milliner 1
Shop Keeper 1
Tool Maker 1
Builder's Daughter 1
Labourer In Ironworks 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ratecliffe

Name Census Frequency
John Ratecliffe 30
Mary Ratecliffe 26
Elizabeth Ratecliffe 14
James Ratecliffe 14
Sarah Ratecliffe 12
William Ratecliffe 11
Thomas Ratecliffe 10
Ann Ratecliffe 9
Ellen Ratecliffe 9
Joseph Ratecliffe 9
Alice Ratecliffe 8
Annie Ratecliffe 7
Charles Ratecliffe 6
George Ratecliffe 6
Hannah Ratecliffe 5
Richard Ratecliffe 5
Henry Ratecliffe 4
Alfred Ratecliffe 3
Caroline Ratecliffe 3
Catherine Ratecliffe 3
Daniel Ratecliffe 3
Eliza Ratecliffe 3
Jane Ratecliffe 3
Martha Ratecliffe 3
Walter Ratecliffe 3

Ratecliffe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ratcliffe 90% 55,281
2 Ratcliff 80% 16,214
3 Ratecliffe 100% 290
4 Rutcliffe 80% 239
5 Ratclife 80% 228
6 Ratecliff 90% 143
7 Rattcliffe 90% 107

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The surname Ratecliffe is the 3rd most popular variant of Ratcliffe.

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