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Clay

in Kentucky

There are 977 people with the last name "Clay" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Clay 545
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  1. is 541st most common Bruce
  2. is 542nd most common Sloan
  3. is 543rd most common Barber
  4. is 544th most common Bradshaw
  5. is 545th most common Clay
  6. is 546th most common Darnell
  7. is 547th most common Hood
  8. is 548th most common Mathis
  9. is 549th most common Barton

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, Robert, John, Mary, William, Gary, Richard, Barbara, David

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 Kentucky

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James Clay, KY (9 searches)
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