How common is the surname Hursey?

1,777 people in the United States had the surname Hursey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. It ranked 16,247th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hursey?

Katie Zaferes, American triathlete.

Where is the surname Hursey most common?

Wikidata records people named Hursey in the United States.

Is the surname Hursey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,777 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Hursey

A surname, carried by 1,777 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hursey is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,777 people named Hursey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,645.

#16,247

rank among US surnames

1,777

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #16,160)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,238	Smoker	1,778	173,648
#16,247	Haddon	1,777	173,745
#16,250	Saxe	1,776	173,843
#16,254	Ashcroft	1,775	173,941

Who is named Hursey

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

71% of people named Hursey identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hurseys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Katie Zaferes
American triathlete, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hursey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Hursey?: 1,777 people in the United States had the surname Hursey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. It ranked 16,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hursey?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Hursey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hursey?: Katie Zaferes, American triathlete.
Where is the surname Hursey most common?: Wikidata records people named Hursey in the United States.
Is the surname Hursey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,777 in 2010, up 8.0%.