Clayman
surname · Latin script
Meaning: occupational name for someone who prepared clay for brickmaking or pottery
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɫeɪmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Clayman is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- CACanada
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational name for someone who prepared clay for brickmaking or pottery. Promptorium Parvulorum equates cleymann with dauber (see Clare ). See also Clay .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pamela Mackb. 1921GBnot in their usual nameanimator (1921-2001)
- Dee L. Claymanb. 1950USAmerican classical philologist
- Flynn Claymanb. 1988USAmerican basketball coach (born 1988)
- Ralph V. ClaymanUSlaparoscopic urologist at University of California, Irvine
- Steven ClaymanUSsociologist and professor of sociology and communication
- Michelle ClaymanUSresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-6532-9956
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 930 | #26,261 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 887 | #25,991 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 886 | #28,606 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Clayman come from?
- occupational name for someone who prepared clay for brickmaking or pottery. Promptorium Parvulorum equates cleymann with dauber (see Clare ). See also Clay . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Clayman?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɫeɪmən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Clayman mean?
- Recorded meaning: occupational name for someone who prepared clay for brickmaking or pottery.
- In which country does Clayman have the most bearers?
- Clayman is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Clayman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.