How common is the last name Clay?

47,234 people in the United States have the last name Clay, about 1 in 6,328. It ranks #710 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CLAY

#710

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
47,234
About
1 in 6,328
This common or more
35.8%
Who bears it

Of the 47,234 people with the last name Clay, 50.3% reported their origin as White, 39.6% as Black and 5.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Clay

#708 Barry · 47,279#709 Grimes · 47,264#711 Villegas · 47,223#712 Baxter · 47,095

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clay, most common first.

#36,810 Cly · 653#43,557 Claw · 534#55,632 Cloy · 398#64,670 Clah · 332

Also a first name

As a first name, Clay ranks #1,232 of 53,615, with 31,014 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1960, with 911 births. See Clay as a first name

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