Family name Cleef (Cleef 
, كليف 
, 克里夫 
) , across the world, is quite a rare last name. The last name Cleef is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, Paraguay, and Belgium, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Netherlands, Germany, and Paraguay. Also, Cleef is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Cleef | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, Paraguay, Germany, United States |
| كليف | Iraq |
| 克里夫 | China |
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jan van cleef Flemish painter (1646-1716), NL (b. 1646) |
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| isaac van cleef (b. 1748) |
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| pieter van cleef (b. 1781) |
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augustus van cleef American illustrator and writer (b. 1851) |
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alfred van cleef Dutch author and writer, NL (b. 1954) |
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edwin van cleef British musician, GB |
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| ronnie goldstein-van cleef NL (b. 1921) |
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| june van cleef American photographer (b. 1941) |
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| antoine marie cleef botanist (b. 1941) |
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| olaf van cleef French painter (1950-2018), NL (b. 1950) |
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| eric van cleef researcher |
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| william h. van cleef American politician and farmer, US |
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| hans-joachim cleef Ph.D. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 1980 |
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| margaret fraser van cleef (died 1941) |
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| nicky van cleef Dutch dancer, NL |
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