Clay-Smith Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Norway

Clay-Smith Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Clay & Smith.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clay-Smith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Clay-Smith Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Clay-Smith Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Clay-Smith is held by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clay-Smith? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clay-Smith is the 4,532,898th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Clay-Smith are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Clay-Smith is most prevalent in Canada, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,140,932. In Canada Clay-Smith is mostly found in: British Columbia, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Canada it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 16 percent reside.

Clay-Smith Last Name Statistics demography

Clay-Smith earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.72% more than the national average, earning R 436,596 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Clay-Smith
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