Claxton

English

Etymology

From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Claxton (countable and uncountable, plural Claxtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3403).
   2. A village and civil parish (served by Claxton and Sand Hutton Parish Council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6960).
   3. A city, the county seat of Evans County, Georgia, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States.
   6. An unincorporated community in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Claxton is the 5949^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5786 individuals. Claxton is most common among White (71.41%) and Black/African American (22.09%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Claxton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343.