# Clawson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/clawson/  
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) | 10,631 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,360 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,042 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (10,489 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Clawson 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Clawson in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Clawson

- John Clawson, basketball player (1944–2018)
- Curt Clawson, American politician (born 1959)
- Grace Clawson, British-born American supercentenarian
- John Willard, American playwright (1885-1942)
- J. A. C. Redford, American composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and writer

## Similar surnames

Colson, Clausen, Coulson, Callison, Claussen, Clauson, Closson, Classen, Clasen, Claassen, Chilson, Calkins.

## 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.