How common is the surname Claiborne?

5,201 people in the United States had the surname Claiborne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,363 Americans. It ranked 6,523rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Claiborne?

Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer (1929–2007), followed by William C. C. Claiborne.

Where is the surname Claiborne most common?

Wikidata records people named Claiborne in the United States.

Is the surname Claiborne getting more or less common?

More common. 4,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,201 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Claiborne

A surname, carried by 5,201 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claiborne is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,201 people named Claiborne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,363 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,885.

#6,523

rank among US surnames

5,201

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,418)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,520	Pettus	5,204	59,329
#6,521	Macy	5,203	59,340
#6,522	Reiner	5,202	59,351
#6,523	Claiborne	5,201	59,363
#6,524	Oswalt	5,198	59,397

Who is named Claiborne

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

59% of people named Claiborne identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Claibornes

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Liz Claiborne
American fashion designer (1929–2007)
William C. C. Claiborne
American frontier politician (c.1773–1817)
Shane Claiborne
American activist and author, born 1975
Morris Claiborne
American football player (born 1990)
John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne
American politician (1809-1884)
Lindy Boggs
American politician (1916-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Clayburn

Surnames that sound like Claiborne

Claiborne has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.

Questions

How common is the surname Claiborne?: 5,201 people in the United States had the surname Claiborne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,363 Americans. It ranked 6,523rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Claiborne?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Claiborne identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Claiborne?: Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer (1929–2007), followed by William C. C. Claiborne.
Where is the surname Claiborne most common?: Wikidata records people named Claiborne in the United States.
Is the surname Claiborne getting more or less common?: More common. 4,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,201 in 2010, up 6.5%.
What are other spellings of Claiborne?: Clayburn.