Last Name SUTCLIFFE

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Meaning	Local: Of Sutcliffe, i.e. the South Cliff, a surname that has made a deep impression upon Yorkshire nomenclature.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland

Rank	13,064 (2000 US census)	15,979 (1990 US census)

Count	2,150 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.88%, or 2040 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.07%, or 23 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.4%, or 30 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 36 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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