# Claiborne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/claiborne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,201 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,523 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,363 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (4,885 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Clayburn |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Claiborne in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Claiborne in the United States.

## People named Claiborne

- Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer (1929–2007)
- William C. C. Claiborne, American frontier politician (c.1773–1817)
- Shane Claiborne, American activist and author
- Morris Claiborne, American football player (born 1990)
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, American politician (1809-1884)
- Lindy Boggs, American politician (1916-2013)

## Similar surnames

Clayborn, Clayborne, Claborn, Colborn, Colbert, Clifford, Calvert, Culver, Culbertson, Colburn, Calabrese, Clapper.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.