The Claypool surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,376 people carried this name — #7,595 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,400 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Claypool surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Claypole’.

An early record he cites: William de Claypol, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Claypole, Claypool and Claypoole.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 184 · public domain.

In print

Claypool in American newspapers,
1894–1908.

Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register carrying the name Claypool
The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register 1908-09-12
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Claypool
Evening Star 1894-04-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,985 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Claypool in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1970s.

29 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Claypool. The most, 10, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 10
New South Wales 9
South Australia 3
Tasmania 2
Victoria 2
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Claypool,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Virginia Claypool Meredith
    Virginia Claypool Meredith 1848–1936 · farmer
  • Horatio C. Claypool
    Horatio C. Claypool 1859–1921 · judge
  • Austin Claypool
    Austin Claypool 1887–1956 · politician
  • Ralph Claypool
    Ralph Claypool 1898–1969 · American football player
  • William R. Claypool 1843–1888
  • Harold K. Claypool 1886–1958 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Claypool,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States242 records

242 records of the Claypool name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 148
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond E. Claypool

    Born 1917 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Knox; driver from Warren County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Crown Hill Funeral Hm & Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Robert Claypool

    Born 1931; from Toledo, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, m60a1 tank crewman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Harry Irwin Claypool

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1972; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 242 records for Claypool 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Claypool name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Skylar Rae Claypool

    Died 1997; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Harriett Claypool

    Died 1973 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, aged 89.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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