How common is the surname Claytor?

2,526 people in the United States had the surname Claytor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,227 Americans. It ranked 12,307th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Claytor getting more or less common?

More common. 2,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,526 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Claytor

A surname, carried by 2,526 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claytor is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,526 people named Claytor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,227 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,420.

#12,307

rank among US surnames

2,526

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,303	Wolk	2,527	122,179
#12,307	Reider	2,526	122,227
#12,312	Bradburn	2,525	122,275

Who is named Claytor

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

67% of people named Claytor identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Claytor?: 2,526 people in the United States had the surname Claytor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,227 Americans. It ranked 12,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Claytor?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Claytor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Claytor getting more or less common?: More common. 2,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,526 in 2010, up 4.4%.