How common is the surname Kersey?

8,459 people in the United States had the surname Kersey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,499 Americans. It ranked 4,189th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kersey?

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

Where is the surname Kersey most common?

Wikidata records people named Kersey in the United States.

Is the surname Kersey getting more or less common?

More common. 8,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,459 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Kersey

An English place surname, carried by 8,459 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kersey is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Kersey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 8,459 people named Kersey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,499 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,021.

#4,189

rank among US surnames

8,459

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,180	Montelongo	8,472	36,443
#4,182	Wasson	8,471	36,447
#4,184	Cartagena	8,467	36,465
#4,185	Coons	8,466	36,469
#4,186	Pagano	8,465	36,473
#4,187	Riddick	8,464	36,477
#4,188	Gillen	8,462	36,486

Who is named Kersey

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

82% of people named Kersey identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kerseys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerome Kersey
American basketball player (1962-2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kersey

Kersey has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kersey come from?: From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).
How common is the surname Kersey?: 8,459 people in the United States had the surname Kersey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,499 Americans. It ranked 4,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kersey?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Kersey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kersey?: Jerome Kersey, American basketball player (1962-2015).
Where is the surname Kersey most common?: Wikidata records people named Kersey in the United States.
What type of surname is Kersey?: Kersey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kersey getting more or less common?: More common. 8,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,459 in 2010, up 5.5%.