Clayton Forename
6,564th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 160,413 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands
Clayton Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: From the town on the clay beds.
Clayton Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 83,968 | 1:4,318 | 655 |
| Brazil | 100% | 41,059 | 1:5,218 | 700 |
| Canada | 100% | 9,808 | 1:3,378 | 608 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,206 | 1:10,475 | 1,778 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Australia | - | 2,834 | 1:4,819 | 644 |
| England | 100% | 2,167 | 1:25,659 | 1,489 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1,988 | 1:7,758 | 1,106 |
| New Zealand | - | 897 | 1:5,057 | 702 |
| Jamaica | - | 815 | 1:3,538 | 649 |
| Philippines | 100% | 624 | 1:169,887 | 7,963 |
| Malta | - | 540 | 1:795 | 177 |
| Zambia | - | 437 | 1:36,281 | 2,563 |
| India | 100% | 389 | 1:3,123,080 | 140,235 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 360 | 1:3,782 | 706 |
| Wales | 100% | 307 | 1:10,079 | 810 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 239 | 1:2,431 | 401 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Thailand | 100% | 221 | 1:317,040 | 17,557 |
| Guyana | 100% | 208 | 1:3,670 | 699 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Suriname | 100% | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Kenya | 95% | 136 | 1:340,493 | 11,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 136 | 1:59,943 | 5,776 |
| Bahamas | - | 133 | 1:3,003 | 588 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 125 | 1:135,217 | 6,116 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 97 | 1:313,917 | 15,822 |
| Dominica | - | 94 | 1:803 | 162 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Barbados | - | 74 | 1:3,916 | 664 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Germany | 100% | 66 | 1:1,464,816 | 9,722 |
| Peru | 100% | 66 | 1:481,689 | 8,713 |
| Uganda | 97% | 63 | 1:650,110 | 13,464 |
| Japan | - | 59 | 1:2,169,255 | 20,269 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 55 | 1:3,228,443 | 55,255 |
| Micronesia | - | 54 | 1:1,972 | 300 |
| Scotland | 100% | 53 | 1:100,950 | 2,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 52 | 1:2,111 | 427 |
| Liberia | 100% | 51 | 1:86,511 | 3,905 |
| Hong Kong | - | 48 | 1:161,515 | 3,108 |
| China | - | 47 | 1:29,065,017 | 60,971 |
| Ecuador | - | 45 | 1:393,932 | 4,782 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 45 | 1:5,732,526 | 217,519 |
| Namibia | - | 44 | 1:54,640 | 3,265 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:789 | 165 |
| Ireland | 100% | 39 | 1:119,065 | 2,759 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 39 | 1:1,407 | 321 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Singapore | 100% | 32 | 1:196,470 | 8,457 |
| Belize | 100% | 31 | 1:11,429 | 1,625 |
| Spain | 100% | 27 | 1:1,723,332 | 10,918 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94% | 25 | 1:4,463 | 793 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Mexico | 100% | 22 | 1:5,642,928 | 21,540 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 20 | 1:8,891 | 1,267 |
| Grenada | 100% | 17 | 1:6,360 | 976 |
| Italy | 94% | 17 | 1:3,591,888 | 20,165 |
| Sweden | 100% | 17 | 1:579,877 | 14,075 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:1,953 | 463 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Colombia | 100% | 13 | 1:3,675,302 | 23,534 |
| Panama | 100% | 12 | 1:325,546 | 10,471 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10 | 1:3,020,189 | 47,166 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| France | 100% | 9 | 1:7,385,593 | 25,788 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 7 | 1:8,757 | 1,332 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Cameroon | - | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Chile | 100% | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Russia | - | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Lebanon | 75% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Clayton (124,086) may also be a surname.
Clayton Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: From the town on the clay beds.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Clayton Forename Popularity
Clayton Demographics
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Sample size: 11,500 (2014)
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