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Clay

in Mississippi

There are 1,239 people with the last name "Clay" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

NameRank
Clay 260
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  1. is 256th most common Caldwell
  2. is 257th most common Reid
  3. is 258th most common Herrington
  4. is 259th most common Fields
  5. is 260th most common Clay
  6. is 261st most common Beasley
  7. is 262nd most common Ivy
  8. is 263rd most common Bond
  9. is 264th most common Weaver

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, Mary, Annie, Robert, John, William, Linda, Shirley, Angela, Henry

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 Mississippi

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James Clay, MS (9 searches)
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