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:
Rudolph Valentino Clay (born 1943), rechristened from Rudolph Arnett at birth, given name of American boxer
Rahaman Ali, brother of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
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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:
Rudolph Valentino Clay (born 1943), rechristened from Rudolph Arnett at birth, given name of American boxer
Rahaman Ali, brother of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
This page lists people with the
nicknameClay. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link to directly target the intended article.