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Clay

in the US

There are 37,859 people with the last name "Clay" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Clay 664
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  1. is 660th most common Small
  2. is 661st most common English
  3. is 662nd most common Robles
  4. is 663rd most common Shannon
  5. is 664th most common Clay
  6. is 665th most common Colon
  7. is 666th most common Blackwell
  8. is 667th most common Barr
  9. is 668th most common Hurst

Most Common First Names for Clay

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

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 the US

Since June 2009
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Most Popular Search

James Clay (361 searches)
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