How common is the surname Claxton?

5,786 people in the United States had the surname Claxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,361 Americans. It ranked 5,949th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Claxton?

Nic Claxton, American basketball player, followed by Speedy Claxton.

Where is the surname Claxton most common?

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

Is the surname Claxton getting more or less common?

More common. 5,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,786 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Claxton

An English place surname, carried by 5,786 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claxton is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Claxton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 5,786 people named Claxton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,361 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,096.

#5,949

rank among US surnames

5,786

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+13.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,187)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,946	Darrow	5,791	53,315
#5,947	McGriff	5,789	53,333
#5,948	Tyrrell	5,788	53,342
#5,949	Sandifer	5,786	53,361

Who is named Claxton

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

71% of people named Claxton identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Claxtons

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nic Claxton
American basketball player, born 1999
Speedy Claxton
American basketball coach and former player, born 1978
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, born 1992
Larry Flynt
American publisher, 1942–2021

Notable Claxtons come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Claxton

Claxton has the Soundex code C423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C423.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Claxton come from?: From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Claxton?: 5,786 people in the United States had the surname Claxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,361 Americans. It ranked 5,949th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Claxton?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Claxton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Claxton?: Nic Claxton, American basketball player, followed by Speedy Claxton.
Where is the surname Claxton most common?: Wikidata records people named Claxton in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
What type of surname is Claxton?: Claxton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Claxton getting more or less common?: More common. 5,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,786 in 2010, up 14%.