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Clay

in Indiana

There are 886 people with the last name "Clay" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Clay 694
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  1. is 690th most common Lang
  2. is 691st most common Waggoner
  3. is 692nd most common Moon
  4. is 693rd most common Bartlett
  5. is 694th most common Clay
  6. is 695th most common Nolan
  7. is 696th most common Mays
  8. is 697th most common Chaney
  9. is 698th most common Kerr

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, Michael, Richard, Robert, David, John, Patricia, Brian, Susan

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 Indiana

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James Clay, IN (9 searches)
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