How Many People Have the Last Name Clifton?
people had the surname Clifton in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 11,919 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
+235 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Clifton (81.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 13.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Clifton ranks #1,068. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 83.4% to 81.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Clifton grew from 24,523 people in 2000 to 24,758 in 2010 (up 1%), and its rank fell from #1,320 to #1,439. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 9.09 to 8.39 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 24,523 | 24,758 |
| Rank | #1,320 | #1,439 |
| Per 100,000 people | 9.09 | 8.39 |
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👤 Clifton as a First Name
Clifton is a first name too: about 37,032 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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