How Many People Have the Last Name Clay?
people had the surname Clay in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 6,039 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+2,580 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Clay (52.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 40.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Clay ranks #516. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 55.4% to 52.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Clay grew from 46,264 people in 2000 to 48,844 in 2010 (up 5.6%), and its rank fell from #677 to #708. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 17.15 to 16.56 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 46,264 | 48,844 |
| Rank | #677 | #708 |
| Per 100,000 people | 17.15 | 16.56 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Clay
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Clay: C400
👤 Clay as a First Name
Clay is a first name too: about 31,971 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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