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Clay

in Texas

There are 3,744 people with the last name "Clay" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Clay 588
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  1. is 584th most common Goodman
  2. is 585th most common Odom
  3. is 586th most common Mullins
  4. is 587th most common Drake
  5. is 588th most common Clay
  6. is 589th most common Petty
  7. is 590th most common Casey
  8. is 591st most common Wiley
  9. is 592nd most common French

Most Common First Names for Clay

James, John, Michael, William, David, Robert, Charles, Mary, Richard

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 Texas

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James Clay, TX (9 searches)
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