Explore the Family Name Clinkscale

The meaning of Clinkscale

Scottish (Berwickshire): variant of Clinkscales.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname "Clinkscale" has seen a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Clinkscale held the rank of 34,259 most popular surname, but by 2010 it had moved up to 33,280. This is a positive change of approximately 2.86%. The count of individuals with this surname also increased during this decade, from 626 people in 2000 to 687 in 2010, marking a growth of 9.74%. However, the proportion of people with the name Clinkscale per 100k people remained consistent at 0.23.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,259	#33,280	2.86%
Count	626	687	9.74%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.23	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Clinkscale

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname "Clinkscale" identify as Black, although there was a slight decrease in this group between 2000 and 2010 (from 82.43% to 78.17%). During the same period, the percentage of those identifying as White increased marginally from 14.86% to 15.43%. Notably, the individuals identifying as having two or more ethnic identities saw a significant increase - jumping from 2.56% in 2000 to 5.39% in 2010. This indicates an over 110% rise. There were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native descent with the Clinkscale surname in either year. However, the 2010 census did record a small percentage (0.73%) of individuals with this surname identifying as Hispanic, which was not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	82.43%	78.17%	-5.17%
White	14.86%	15.43%	3.84%
Two or More Races	2.56%	5.39%	110.55%
Hispanic	0%	0.73%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%