Surname Checker / Clay
How Common Is the Last Name Clay?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Clay today
54,081
Ranked #708 of 162,254 published surnames · 16.56 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 48,844 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
52.74%
Black
40.5%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.49%
Hispanic
2.43%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.