How common is the surname Claycomb?

2,170 people in the United States had the surname Claycomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,279 Americans. It ranked 13,916th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Claycomb?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Claycomb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Claycomb getting more or less common?

More common. 2,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,170 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Claycomb

An English place surname, carried by 2,170 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claycomb is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from some minor place named with Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + cumb (“valley, combe”).

Claycomb 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 2,170 people named Claycomb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,279 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,111.

#13,916

rank among US surnames

2,170

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,256)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,911	Forcier	2,171	142,214
#13,916	Luper	2,170	142,279
#13,922	Dula	2,169	142,345

Who is named Claycomb

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

95% of people named Claycomb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Claycomb come from?: Habitational surname from some minor place named with Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + cumb (“valley, combe”).
How common is the surname Claycomb?: 2,170 people in the United States had the surname Claycomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,279 Americans. It ranked 13,916th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Claycomb?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Claycomb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Claycomb?: Claycomb is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Claycomb getting more or less common?: More common. 2,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,170 in 2010, up 2.8%.