Last Name CLAWSON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Klaus, i.e. Nikolas. German Klaus, Dutch Klasse. The name was very rare in England, where Cole and Colin ruled supreme as the nicknames of Nicholas.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	3,150 (2000 US census)	3,671 (1990 US census)

Count	10,489 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.93%, or 9852 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.19%, or 230 total occurrences, as black,
0.52%, or 55 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.93%, or 98 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.98%, or 103 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 151 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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