Clay (name)
Clay is both an English surname, a masculine given name, often short for Clayton , and a nickname.
Surname
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 76.1% of all known bearers of the surname Clay were residents of the United States (frequency 1:5,846), 12.5% of England (1:5,460), 2.7% of Australia (1:10,816), 1.4% of Canada (1:31,264) and 1.2% of France (1:69,714).
In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:5,460) in the following counties:
1. Nottinghamshire (1:1,287)
2. Derbyshire (1:2,238)
3. Lincolnshire (1:2,318)
4. Staffordshire (1:2,357)
5. Leicestershire (1:2,705)
6. Warwickshire (1:2,752)
7. West Yorkshire (1:2,838)
8. Herefordshire (1:2,856)
9. South Yorkshire (1:3,014)
10. Shropshire (1:3,271)
11. North Yorkshire (1:4,378)
12. Cornwall (1:4,867)
13. Hertfordshire (1:5,093)
14. Cambridgeshire (1:5,301) In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:5,846) in the following states:[ 1]
1. West Virginia (1:1,501)
2. Mississippi (1:1,690)
3. Georgia (1:2,391)
4. Arkansas (1:2,794)
5. Alabama (1:2,876)
6. Missouri (1:3,086)
7. Kentucky (1:3,223)
8. Louisiana (1:3,418)
9. Oklahoma (1:3,507)
10. Tennessee (1:3,769)
11. Ohio (1:4,169)
12. Virginia (1:4,296)
13. Texas (1:4,473)
14. North Carolina (1:4,705)
15. Illinois (1:5,138)
16. Michigan (1:5,431)
17. Maryland (1:5,696)
18. Indiana (1:5,723)
People with the surname
Adam Clay (disambiguation) , several peopleAlfred Borron Clay (1831–1868), British artistAllyson Clay , Canadian artistBryan Clay (born 1980), American gold medalist in the decathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in BeijingMuhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay, 1942–2016), American boxerCassius Marcellus Clay (politician) (1810–1903), American politician, abolitionistCassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912–1990), American painter and musician and father of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)Charles Clay (disambiguation) , several peopleCraig Clay (born 1992), English footballerEdward Clay (born 1945), British diplomatEdward Sneyd Clay (c. 1768 – 1846), British naval officerEric Clay (1922–2007), British rugby league refereeEthel Clay (1874–1943), American nurse and socialiteFrederic Clay (1838–1889), British composerFrederick William Clay (1927–1983), known as Freddie, Indigenous Australian activist on Palm Island, Queensland (husband of Iris)Grady Clay (1916–2013), American journalistHenry Clay (disambiguation) , multiple people
Henry Clay (1777–1852), American statesman and oratorIris Clay (1936–1979), Indigenous Australian activist on Palm Island, Queensland (wife of Fred)James Clay (disambiguation) , several peopleJohn Clay (disambiguation) , several peopleKaelin Clay (born 1992), American football playerLacy Clay (born 1956), U.S. House RepresentativeLauren Clay (born 1982), American artistLucius D. Clay (1897–1978), American general and military governorOtis Clay (1942–2016), American R&B and soul singerPhilippe Clay (1927–2007), French singerRaven Clay (born 1990), American hurdlerRosa Clay (1875–1959), a Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductorRudy Clay (politician) (1936–2013), American politicianRudolph Valentino Clay (born 1943), rechristened from Rudolph Arnett at birth, given name of American boxer Rahaman Ali , brother of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
Sam Clay (born 1993), American baseball player
People with the given name
Clay Aiken (born 1978), American popular music singerClay Buchholz (born 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red SoxClay Calvert American lawyer and academicClay Martin Croker (1962–2016), American voice actor and animatorClay Dalrymple (born 1936), former American professional baseball playerClay Dreslough , American video game designerClay Guida (born 1981), American mixed martial artistClay Hensley (born 1979), American baseball playerClay Higgins (born 1961), American politicianClay Jenkins (born 1964), American politician and lawyerClay S. Jenkinson (born 1955), American Rhodes Scholar and popular historical re-enactorClay Johnston (academic) , American neurologist and university administratorClay Johnston (American football) (born 1996), American football playerClay Kaytis (born 1973), American animator and directorClay Matthews Sr. (1928–2017), American football playerClay Matthews Jr. (born 1956), American football player, son of the aboveClay Matthews III (born 1986), American football player, son of the aboveClay Riley , American politicianClay Milner Russell (born 1999), English actorClay V. Spear (c. 1914 – 1974), associate justice of the Idaho Supreme CourtClay Sweeting , Bahamian politicianClay Travis (born 1979), American sports journalistClay Walker (born 1969), American country music singerClay Webb , American football playerClay (born 1999), pseudonym Dream, American YouTuber and Minecraft gamer
People with the nickname
Clay Cook (born 1978), American guitarist, keyboardist, mandolinist, steel guitarist, and vocalist in Zac Brown BandClay Regazzoni (1939–2006), Swiss racing car driver
Fictional characters
Clay, the first host of Playhouse Disney
Clay (Pokémon) , in the Pokémon universeClay Bailey , in the American animated television series Xiaolin Showdown Clay Calloway, from the film Sing 2
Clay Davis , in American TV series The Wire Clay Jensen , in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why Clay Kaczmarek , from the Assassin's Creed gamesClay Moorington , a character in Nexo Knights Clay Morrow , from American TV series Sons of Anarchy Clay Puppington, the main antagonist of the American TV series Moral Orel
Clay Simons, in the game Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned
Clay Terran , from the game series Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies Caduceus Clay, from the American web series Critical Role
Faceas Clay, an antagonist from the Strider Hiryu mangaNES game
Clay, a villager from the Nintendo Switch game “Animal Crossing ”
See also
References
Germanic
Mason , Thatcher , Setter ,Clay , Stone , Slater , Waller Bouwmeester , Baumeister , Ziegel , Bauman Baumann Maurer , Shindler (Schindel ), Schindler Romance Slavic
