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    The surname Clayborn

    A surname, carried by 2,954 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C416

    Clayborn: #10,795 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Clayborn #10,795, 2,954 people Clayborn: #10,795 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clayborn #10,795, 2,954 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clayborn is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,954 people named Clayborn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,518 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,545.

    #10,795
    rank among US surnames
    2,954
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,366)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,787Sergent2,957104,412
    #10,790Beesley2,956104,447
    #10,792Turnbow2,955104,482
    #10,795Rothschild2,954104,518
    #10,797Coffelt2,953104,553
    #10,800Kesterson2,952104,589
    #10,803Giuliano2,951104,624

    Who is named Clayborn

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

    50% of people named Clayborn identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Clayborn

    Clayborn 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 Clayborn?
    2,954 people in the United States had the surname Clayborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,518 Americans. It ranked 10,795th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clayborn?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Clayborn identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Clayborn getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,954 in 2010, up 16%.