Explore the Family Name Clarkston

The meaning of Clarkston

English (Nottinghamshire): variant of Clarkson with intrusive -t-. The name is not from Clarkston (Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire), which are recent places with names containing the surname Clark. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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How common is the last name Clarkston in the United States?

Data sourced from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates a slight decrease in the popularity of the surname Clarkston between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Clarkston ranked 34,630 in popularity with a count of 618, while in 2010, the rank slipped to 34,835 even though the count increased to 648. This represents a -0.59 change in ranking despite a 4.85 percent increase in the number of individuals bearing the name. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 decreased by 4.35 percent during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,630	#34,835	-0.59%
Count	618	648	4.85%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Clarkston

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Clarkston also changed slightly over the decade, as indicated by the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of Clarkstons identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dropped completely, whereas those associating with two or more races saw a significant increase of 43.30 percent. The majority of Clarkstons identify as White, with a small decrease from 82.36 percent in 2000 to 81.94 percent in 2010. The percentage of Clarkstons identifying as Hispanic experienced a sizable decrease of 42.59 percent, and there was a minor decrease in those identifying as Black. There was no change in the percentage identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.36%	81.94%	-0.51%
Black	13.27%	13.12%	-1.13%
Two or More Races	1.94%	2.78%	43.3%
Hispanic	1.62%	0.93%	-42.59%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.81%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%