# Claxton (surname)

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

A habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,786 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,949 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,361 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (5,096 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Claxton 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Claxton in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Claxton

- Nic Claxton, American basketball player
- Speedy Claxton, American basketball coach and former player
- William Claxton, American photographer and author (1927–2008)
- Adelaide Claxton, British artist and inventor (1841–1927)
- William F. Claxton, American television director and television producer (1914-1996)
- Jane Claxton, Australian field hockey player
- Larry Flynt, American publisher

## Similar surnames

Calixto, Colston, Calzada, Celestine, Celestin, Colquitt, Chilcote, Calixte, Celestino, Celeste, Claggett, Calcote.

## 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.