# Kersey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kersey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,459 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,189 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,499 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (8,021 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kersey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kersey in the United States.

## People named Kersey

- Jerome Kersey, American basketball player (1962-2015)

## Similar surnames

Kruse, Kearse, Krise, Kirksey, Kershaw, Kresge, Kersh, Kirk, Krause, Kraus, Kirsch, Krug.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.