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 occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Clay.
How Common Is The Last Name van Clay? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Clay is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. van Clay is primarily 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 frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 44 percent are found, Arizona, where 33 percent are found and Florida, where 22 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 36 percent are found.
van Clay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of van Clay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Clay last name grew 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