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Clay

in Arkansas

There are 816 people with the last name "Clay" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

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Clay 391
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  1. is 387th most common Prince
  2. is 388th most common Cannon
  3. is 389th most common Mcclain
  4. is 390th most common Steele
  5. is 391st most common Clay
  6. is 392nd most common Mays
  7. is 393rd most common Bradshaw
  8. is 394th most common Dennis
  9. is 395th most common York

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, Mary, Robert, Kenneth, Charles, Joe, Patricia, William, Larry

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 Arkansas

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James Clay, AR (9 searches)
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