The Claiborne surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,201 people carried this name — #6,523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,885 in 2000.

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In print

Claiborne in American newspapers,
1908–1909.

Newspaper page from Waterbury Evening Democrat carrying the name Claiborne
Waterbury Evening Democrat 1908-11-07
Newspaper page from Waterbury Evening Democrat carrying the name Claiborne
Waterbury Evening Democrat 1908-11-09
Newspaper page from Putnam Patriot carrying the name Claiborne
Putnam Patriot 1909-01-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 110,728 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Claiborne in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1970s.

234 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Claiborne. The most, 98, date from the 1880s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 3.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 67
Tasmania 61
New South Wales 35
Queensland 28
South Australia 20
Western Australia 14
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Claiborne.

Who carried it

People named Claiborne,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Claiborne
    William Claiborne 1600–1677 · merchant
  • Thomas Claiborne
    Thomas Claiborne 1749–1812 · politician
  • Nathaniel C. Claiborne d. 1889 · lawyer
  • William Claiborne, II 1636–1685
  • William Claiborne, IV 1689–
  • Philip Whitehead Claiborne 1720–1772

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Claiborne,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States325 records

325 records of the Claiborne name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 182
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 33
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Dell Ross Claiborne

    Born 1945; from Seminole, Texas. U.S. Navy, gunner's mate; died of wounds 1968 in Vinh Long, South Vietnam. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Anthony Claiborne

    Born 1898 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Shirley Johnson Claiborne

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1989; buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 325 records for Claiborne in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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