Surname Cliff (Cliff 
, كليف 
, 克里夫 
, among others...) , globally, is a common last name. The surname Cliff is habitual in Malta, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and Cameroon. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Kenya. More prevalently, Cliff is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Cliff | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom, United States |
| كليف | Iraq |
| 克里夫 | China |
| קליף | Israel |
| Клифф | Kyrgyzstan |
| henry de cliff English judge (b. 1280) |
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| rachel cliff official delegate to the Philadelphia meeting of the 1855 Colored Convention, US (b. 1806) |
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| maria cliff (1808-1883) (b. 1808) |
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zebedee e. cliff American politician, US (b. 1864) |
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clarice cliff English ceramic artist (1899-1972), GB (b. 1899) |
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| james henry treloar cliff (1858-1938) (b. 1858) |
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| frank l. cliff American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1919-26 (District 48), US (b. 1859) |
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tony cliff British activist (1917-2000), GB (b. 1917) |
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john cliff American actor (1918-2001), US (b. 1918) |
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| alfred cliff English cricketer (1878-1966), GB (b. 1878) |
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| edith cliff (b. 1871) |
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| john cliff British trade unionist (b. 1883) |
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william cliff Belgian poet, BE (b. 1940) |
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| laddie cliff British actor (1891-1937), GB (b. 1891) |
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dave cliff British musician, GB (b. 1944) |
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