How common is the surname Claypool?

4,376 people in the United States had the surname Claypool in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,554 Americans. It ranked 7,595th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Claypool?

Les Claypool, American musician.

Where is the surname Claypool most common?

Wikidata records people named Claypool in the United States.

Is the surname Claypool getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,376 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Claypool

A surname, carried by 4,376 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C414

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claypool is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,376 people named Claypool in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,554 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,400.

#7,595

rank among US surnames

4,376

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,022)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,589	Curcio	4,380	70,490
#7,591	Simmonds	4,379	70,506
#7,593	Sartin	4,377	70,538
#7,595	Claypool	4,376	70,554
#7,597	Mertens	4,375	70,570
#7,599	Renshaw	4,374	70,587
#7,600	Peele	4,373	70,603

Who is named Claypool

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

91% of people named Claypool identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Claypools

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Les Claypool
American musician, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Claypool

Claypoole

Claypool has the Soundex code C414, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C414.

Questions

How common is the surname Claypool?: 4,376 people in the United States had the surname Claypool in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,554 Americans. It ranked 7,595th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Claypool?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Claypool identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Claypool?: Les Claypool, American musician.
Where is the surname Claypool most common?: Wikidata records people named Claypool in the United States.
Is the surname Claypool getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,376 in 2010, down 0.5%.