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Clay

in Missouri

There are 1,393 people with the last name "Clay" in Missouri.

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Ranking in Missouri

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Clay 404
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  1. is 400th most common Estes
  2. is 401st most common Hines
  3. is 402nd most common Buchanan
  4. is 403rd most common York
  5. is 404th most common Clay
  6. is 405th most common Horn
  7. is 406th most common Clayton
  8. is 407th most common Fitzgerald
  9. is 408th most common Quinn

Most Common First Names for Clay

Michael, Robert, James, John, William, Thomas, Jerry, Christopher, Jim, Mary

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 Missouri

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Michael Clay, MO (9 searches)
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