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Clay

in Georgia

There are 2,320 people with the last name "Clay" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

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Clay 395
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  1. is 391st most common Hancock
  2. is 392nd most common Terrell
  3. is 393rd most common Wiley
  4. is 394th most common Wynn
  5. is 395th most common Clay
  6. is 396th most common Leonard
  7. is 397th most common Mckenzie
  8. is 398th most common Whitehead
  9. is 399th most common Lamb

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, Robert, David, Michael, Patricia, Charles, Henry, John, William, Thomas

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 Georgia

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James Clay, GA (9 searches)
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