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Clay

in Connecticut

There are 164 people with the last name "Clay" in Connecticut.

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Ranking in Connecticut

NameRank
Clay 2,320
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  1. is 2,316th most common Barile
  2. is 2,317th most common Borkowski
  3. is 2,318th most common Burrows
  4. is 2,319th most common Cardillo
  5. is 2,320th most common Clay
  6. is 2,321st most common Farr
  7. is 2,322nd most common Halpin
  8. is 2,323rd most common Harrell
  9. is 2,324th most common Lowell

Most Common First Names for Clay

Robert, Thomas, William, Courtney, John, Richard, Barbara, Bennie, Christopher, Lamar

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 Connecticut

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Robert Clay, CT (9 searches)
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