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    The surname Horsey

    An English surname, carried by 1,475 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhɔː(ɹ)si/ 2 syllables Soundex H620

    Horsey: #18,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Horsey #18,648, 1,475 people Horsey: #18,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Horsey #18,648, 1,475 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horsey is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English hors (“horse”) + īeġ (“island”).

    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 1,475 people named Horsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,484.

    #18,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,475
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,505)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,640Nees1,476209,177
    #18,648Spafford1,475209,319

    Who is named Horsey

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

    56% of people named Horsey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Horsey

    Horsey has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Horsey come from?
    From Old English hors (“horse”) + īeġ (“island”).
    How common is the surname Horsey?
    1,475 people in the United States had the surname Horsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. It ranked 18,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Horsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Horsey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Horsey?
    Horsey is /ˈhɔː(ɹ)si/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Horsey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,475 in 2010, down 0.6%.