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Clay

in Michigan

There are 1,517 people with the last name "Clay" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Clay 521
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  1. is 517th most common Beard
  2. is 518th most common Burnett
  3. is 519th most common Kent
  4. is 520th most common Wilkinson
  5. is 521st most common Clay
  6. is 522nd most common Cruz
  7. is 523rd most common Larsen
  8. is 524th most common Van
  9. is 525th most common Mclean

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, Donald, Robert, John, Michael, William, David, Mary, Daniel, Richard

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 Michigan

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James Clay, MI (9 searches)
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