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Clay

in Ohio

There are 2,264 people with the last name "Clay" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

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Clay 409
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  1. is 405th most common Dunlap
  2. is 406th most common Brady
  3. is 407th most common Valentine
  4. is 408th most common Daniel
  5. is 409th most common Clay
  6. is 410th most common Stevenson
  7. is 411th most common Underwood
  8. is 412th most common Hampton
  9. is 413th most common Mckee

Most Common First Names for Clay

Charles, James, David, John, William, Robert, Mary, Michael, Christopher, Larry

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 Ohio

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Charles Clay, OH (9 searches)
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