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Clay

in South Carolina

There are 346 people with the last name "Clay" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Clay 1,580
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  1. is 1,576th most common Mcmillian
  2. is 1,577th most common Boyle
  3. is 1,578th most common Butts
  4. is 1,579th most common Carraway
  5. is 1,580th most common Clay
  6. is 1,581st most common Mccord
  7. is 1,582nd most common Mclaurin
  8. is 1,583rd most common Watt
  9. is 1,584th most common Westbrook

Most Common First Names for Clay

Kathy, Robert, John, William, Harold, Mary, Michael, Anthony, Margaret

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 South Carolina

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Kathy Clay, SC (9 searches)
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