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    The surname Elsey

    An English surname, carried by 1,705 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɛlsi/ 2 syllables Soundex E420

    Elsey: #16,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Elsey #16,761, 1,705 people Elsey: #16,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Elsey #16,761, 1,705 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elsey is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name Ælfsiġe, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and siġe (“victory”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,705 people named Elsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,082 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,677.

    #16,761
    rank among US surnames
    1,705
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,921)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,755Pandey1,706180,976
    #16,761Kafka1,705181,082
    #16,765Curtsinger1,704181,189

    Who is named Elsey

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

    85% of people named Elsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Elza

    Surnames that sound like Elsey

    Elsey has the Soundex code E420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E420.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Elsey come from?
    From the Old English personal name Ælfsiġe, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and siġe (“victory”).
    How common is the surname Elsey?
    1,705 people in the United States had the surname Elsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,082 Americans. It ranked 16,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Elsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Elsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Elsey?
    Elsey is /ˈɛlsi/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Elsey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,705 in 2010, up 1.7%.
    What are other spellings of Elsey?
    Elza.