# Lacey (surname)

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

A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,691 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,930 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,518 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (17,811 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lacy, Laci, Lacie |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lacey 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lacey in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Lacey

- Ronald Lacey, British actor (1935–1991)
- Sam Lacey, American basketball player (1948–2014)
- Catherine Lacey, American writer
- Trevor Lacey, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Jesse Lacey, American musician
- Rubin Lacey, American country blues musician
- Catherine Lacey, British actress

## Similar surnames

Lacy, Lucey, Lake, Lackey, Luckey, Lakey, Lack, Lach, Laskey, Lacayo, Lage, Lewis.

## 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.