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    The surname Ceesay

    A surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C200

    Ceesay: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ceesay #23,019, 1,110 people Ceesay: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ceesay #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ceesay is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,110 people named Ceesay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 103% since 2000, when the Census counted 547.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +102.9%
    change since 2000 (was #38,079)

    Who is named Ceesay

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

    91% of people named Ceesay identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.8% as two or more races and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 4.8%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ceesay?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Ceesay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ceesay?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Ceesay identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Ceesay getting more or less common?
    More common. 547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 103%.