Clanton Family History
Clanton Name Meaning
English: probably a variant spelling of the habitational name
Clandon, from places in Surrey and Dorset named Clandon, from
Old English cl?ne ‘clean’ (i.e. ‘clear of weeds’) +
dun ‘hill’. adm.
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Name Distribution of Clanton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Clanton families
 43 - 83  15 - 42 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Clanton families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Clanton Family Origin
Clanton Immigration Information
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Clanton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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