# Anstey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/anstey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English from the place in Hertfordshire.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 607 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,788 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 508,642 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (562 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Anstie |

## Etymology

From Old English ān (“one; a, an”) + stig (“path”). Compare Ansty, which shares the same etymology.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Anstey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Anstey in Australia.

## People named Anstey

- Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player (born 1975)

## Similar surnames

Amezquita, Ancheta, Amstutz, Anastasio, Amsden, Anastasi, Aungst, Angstadt, Anastasia, Amjad, Aniceto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.