Claey Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Claey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Claey (4) may also be a first name.

Claey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Claey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Claey occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Claey? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Claey live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. Claey is also the 6,192,526th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 4 people.

Claey is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Claey is mostly found in: Washington, where 67 percent live and Wisconsin, where 33 percent live. Other than The United States Claey exists in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 25 percent live.

Claey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Claey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Claeye9171/
Clawey9114/
Clayey911/
Clae894/
Cleaeys832/
Clawiey831/
Claye80531/
Cleye80140/
Klaey8039/
Claie8036/
Cloey8028/
Cluey8027/
Claje808/
Cleay802/
Claoy801/
Clauy801/
Clawe801/
Claet801/
Cleae800/
Clatea7369/
Cleays7331/
Claoue7316/
Claess735/
Clooey735/
Cleaer732/
Claeio732/
Clasea732/
Cklaye731/
Clauwe731/
Clouey731/
Clauys731/
Clueey730/
Clowey730/
Cloe67804/
Clayeux67274/
Claeijs6756/
Klae6749/
Clahiya676/
Classea674/
Khlawey673/
Chillae673/
Cloujey671/
Claueio671/
Clatoya671/
Clahher670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Claey
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