Clayhills Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Clayhills Surname Definition:

From the lands of Clayhills near Blairgowrie in Perthshire. Robert Clayhills was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1524 (Wedd., p. 9n), and a family of this name for centuries were prominent merchants and members of the Guildry Incorporation of Dundee.

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Clayhills Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland341:161,66814,556
England81:6,964,757184,742
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113

Clayhills Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the lands of Clayhills near Blairgowrie in Perthshire. Robert Clayhills was admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1524 (Wedd., p. 9n), and a family of this name for centuries were prominent merchants and members of the Guildry Incorporation of Dundee. Thomas Clahills took his bachelor's degree at St. Andrews in 1523 and George Clahillis took his in 1526. Andrew Clayhills, admitted minister of Jedburgh by the General Assembly in 1586, took a prominent part in Church affairs (Calderwood, History, IV, p. 566,604, 637,682, etc.). Robert Clayhills de Baldovie was retoured heir of Robert Clayhills his father in 1633 (Retours, Forfar, 216). Thomas Clayhills emigrated to Riga, c. 1639, and became ancestor of "a highly esteemed race of merchants" in the Baltic provinces and Finland (Donner, p. 22). Mary Clayhills became the wife of a cavalry-captain, Anglo-Saxon, Lvoff, and her name appears in Russian as Kleigel. The area of the church of Invergowrie is used as a cemetery by the Clayhills family (Jervise, I, p. 193). Clayhillis 1552.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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Clayhills Last Name Facts

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

Clayhills is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clayhills? popularity and diffusion

Clayhills is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Clayhills reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 78 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most common in Finland, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 161,668. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 62 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 24 percent live and Satakunta, where 15 percent live. Beside Finland this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent live and Sweden, where 8 percent live.

Clayhills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Clayhills has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Clayhills last name declined 38 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clausells6749/
Claussells631/
Claulse631/
Clauselles631/
Cleyles631/
Clausels597/
Claweles591/
Sleals530/
Cleilze501/
Chlouls501/
Sleells500/
Clowels500/
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