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    The surname Clabaugh

    A German surname, carried by 1,871 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C412

    Clabaugh: #15,615 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Clabaugh #15,615, 1,871 people Clabaugh: #15,615 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clabaugh #15,615, 1,871 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clabaugh is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kleebach.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,871 people named Clabaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,899.

    #15,615
    rank among US surnames
    1,871
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,422)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,606Pines1,873164,840
    #15,611Giesler1,872164,928
    #15,615Stockstill1,871165,016

    Who is named Clabaugh

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Clabaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Claybaugh

    Surnames that sound like Clabaugh

    Clabaugh has the Soundex code C412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C412.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Clabaugh come from?
    Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kleebach.
    How common is the surname Clabaugh?
    1,871 people in the United States had the surname Clabaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. It ranked 15,615th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clabaugh?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Clabaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Clabaugh getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,871 in 2010, down 1.5%.
    What are other spellings of Clabaugh?
    Claybaugh.