How common is the surname Lindsey?

63,760 people in the United States had the surname Lindsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,842 Americans. It ranked 529th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lindsey?

Steven Lindsey, American astronaut, followed by Hillary Lindsey.

Where is the surname Lindsey most common?

Wikidata records people named Lindsey in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Lindsey?

Lindsey is /ˈlɪnzi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lindsey getting more or less common?

More common. 61,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,760 in 2010, up 4.2%.

Is Lindsey also a first name?

Yes. Lindsey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lindsey

A place surname, carried by 63,760 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪnzi/ 2 syllables Soundex L532 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lindsey is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 63,760 people named Lindsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,842 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 61,199.

#529

rank among US surnames

63,760

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #492)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#520	Escobar	64,403	4,794
#521	McGuire	64,327	4,800
#522	Lloyd	64,202	4,809
#523	Mueller	64,191	4,810
#524	Hartman	64,106	4,816
#525	French	63,991	4,825
#526	Kramer	63,936	4,829

Who is named Lindsey

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

68% of people named Lindsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lindseys

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Lindsey
American astronaut, born 1960
Hillary Lindsey
American singer-songwriter (born 1977)
George Lindsey
American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speaker (1928–2012)
Courtney Lindsey
American athlete, born 1998
Lori Lindsey
American soccer player, born 1980
Johanna Lindsey
American writer (1952 – 2019)
Hal Lindsey
American evangelist and Christian writer, 1929–2024
Washington Ellsworth Lindsey
American politician (1862-1926)
Kate Lindsey
American singer, born 1980
Jaylin Lindsey
American soccer player, born 2000
Jack Lindsay
Australian writer (1900–1990)
James Gordon Lindsay
American preacher and publisher (1906–1973)

Notable Lindseys come mostly from the United States (11) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lindsey

Lindsey has the Soundex code L532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L532.

Questions

Where does the surname Lindsey come from?: From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).
How common is the surname Lindsey?: 63,760 people in the United States had the surname Lindsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,842 Americans. It ranked 529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lindsey?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Lindsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lindsey?: Steven Lindsey, American astronaut, followed by Hillary Lindsey.
Where is the surname Lindsey most common?: Wikidata records people named Lindsey in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Lindsey?: Lindsey is /ˈlɪnzi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Lindsey?: Lindsey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lindsey getting more or less common?: More common. 61,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,760 in 2010, up 4.2%.
Is Lindsey also a first name?: Yes. Lindsey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.