How common is the surname Kelsay?

1,164 people in the United States had the surname Kelsay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kelsay?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kelsay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kelsay getting more or less common?

More common. 1,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Kelsay

A surname, carried by 1,164 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kelsay is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,164 people named Kelsay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,079.

#22,183

rank among US surnames

1,164

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #22,283)

Who is named Kelsay

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

93% of people named Kelsay identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kelsay

Kelsay has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Questions

How common is the surname Kelsay?: 1,164 people in the United States had the surname Kelsay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kelsay?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kelsay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kelsay getting more or less common?: More common. 1,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 7.9%.