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Clay

in Tennessee

There are 1,236 people with the last name "Clay" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Clay 610
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  1. is 606th most common Nance
  2. is 607th most common Dodd
  3. is 608th most common Buck
  4. is 609th most common Gann
  5. is 610th most common Clay
  6. is 611th most common Abbott
  7. is 612th most common Womack
  8. is 613th most common Huddleston
  9. is 614th most common Monroe

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, Mary, William, Robert, David, Michael, Thomas, Brenda, George, John

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 Tennessee

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James Clay, TN (9 searches)
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