van Clay Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
van Clay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
van Clay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Clay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Clay is most common in The United States. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Clay? popularity and diffusion
van Clay is the 5,213,395th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname van Clay is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of van Clay are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most common in: Minnesota, where 44 percent live, Arizona, where 33 percent live and Florida, where 22 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 36 percent live.
van Clay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of van Clay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Clay last name rose 450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| von Clay | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Clea | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Clead | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Cleat | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Clé | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Cle | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Clauss | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Kley | 75 | 164 | / |
| von Klay | 75 | 7 | / |
| van Clee | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Kloy | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Sley | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Schlych | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Sluys | 71 | 329 | / |
| van Zilla | 71 | 8 | / |
| van Kelly | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Klaus | 71 | 4 | / |
| van Zella | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Klaas | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Cleed | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Slatt | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Cleet | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Cleep | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Slaats | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Cöller | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 van Clay
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis