How common is the surname Clarkson?

9,004 people in the United States had the surname Clarkson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,290 Americans. It ranked 3,953rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Clarkson?

Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter (born 1982), followed by Jeremy Clarkson.

Where is the surname Clarkson most common?

Wikidata records people named Clarkson in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Clarkson?

Clarkson is /ˈklɑɹk.sən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Clarkson getting more or less common?

More common. 8,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,004 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Clarkson

An English occupational surname, carried by 9,004 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈklɑɹk.sən/ 2 syllables Soundex C462

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clarkson is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English clerc (“cleric”) + -son, equivalent to Clark + -son.

Clarkson is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,004 people named Clarkson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,290 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,498.

#3,953

rank among US surnames

9,004

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #3,839)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,944	Halstead	9,027	34,202
#3,945	Sanabria	9,026	34,206
#3,947	Goble	9,022	34,221
#3,948	Crutchfield	9,019	34,233
#3,949	Loza	9,011	34,263
#3,950	Sturgeon	9,007	34,278
#3,951	Kidwell	9,006	34,282

Who is named Clarkson

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

84% of people named Clarkson identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clarksons

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kelly Clarkson
American singer-songwriter (born 1982)
Jeremy Clarkson
British broadcaster, journalist and writer, born 1960
Patricia Clarkson
American actress, born 1959
Adrienne Clarkson
26th governor general of Canada, born 1939
Lana Clarkson
Actress and fashion model from the United States (1962–2003)
Jordan Clarkson
American-Filipino basketball player (born 1992)
John Clarkson
American baseball player (1861-1909)

Notable Clarksons come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clarkson

Clarkson has the Soundex code C462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C462.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Clarkson come from?: From Middle English clerc (“cleric”) + -son, equivalent to Clark + -son.
How common is the surname Clarkson?: 9,004 people in the United States had the surname Clarkson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,290 Americans. It ranked 3,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clarkson?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Clarkson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Clarkson?: Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter (born 1982), followed by Jeremy Clarkson.
Where is the surname Clarkson most common?: Wikidata records people named Clarkson in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Clarkson?: Clarkson is /ˈklɑɹk.sən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Clarkson?: Clarkson is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Clarkson getting more or less common?: More common. 8,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,004 in 2010, up 6.0%.