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    The surname Causey

    A surname, carried by 11,387 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C200

    Causey: #3,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Causey #3,171, 11,387 people Causey: #3,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Causey #3,171, 11,387 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Causey is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,387 people named Causey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,114 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,061.

    #3,171
    rank among US surnames
    11,387
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,998)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,162Gresham11,41227,054
    #3,163Fennell11,41027,059
    #3,164Vest11,40527,071
    #3,165Grogan11,40027,083
    #3,167Rupp11,39927,085
    #3,168Corrigan11,39627,092
    #3,169Breeden11,39527,095

    Who is named Causey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Causey identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Causey

    Causey has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Causey?
    11,387 people in the United States had the surname Causey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,114 Americans. It ranked 3,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Causey?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Causey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Causey getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,387 in 2010, up 2.9%.