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Clay

in Alabama

There are 1,227 people with the last name "Clay" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Clay 479
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  1. is 475th most common Aldridge
  2. is 476th most common Guthrie
  3. is 477th most common Hinton
  4. is 478th most common Kidd
  5. is 479th most common Clay
  6. is 480th most common Dodd
  7. is 481st most common Kimbrough
  8. is 482nd most common Rowe
  9. is 483rd most common Pickett

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, David, John, William, Linda, Michael, Robert, Kenneth, Betty, Deborah

Meaning & History

English: from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman).

Americanized spelling of German Klee.

FOREBEARS The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.

Recent Searches for "Clay" in Alabama

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James Clay, AL (9 searches)
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