How Many People Have the Last Name Clayton?
people had the surname Clayton in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,208 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,763 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Clayton (69.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 25.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Clayton ranks #432. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 71.4% to 69.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Clayton grew from 54,875 people in 2000 to 56,638 in 2010 (up 3.2%), and its rank fell from #548 to #595. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 20.34 to 19.2 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 54,875 | 56,638 |
| Rank | #548 | #595 |
| Per 100,000 people | 20.34 | 19.2 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Clayton
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Clayton: C435
👤 Clayton as a First Name
Clayton is a first name too: about 104,406 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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