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    The surname Linsey

    A surname, carried by 1,095 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L520

    Linsey: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Linsey #23,268, 1,095 people Linsey: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Linsey #23,268, 1,095 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linsey is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,095 people named Linsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,122.

    #23,268
    rank among US surnames
    1,095
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,651)

    Who is named Linsey

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

    55% of people named Linsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Linsey

    Linsey has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Linsey?
    1,095 people in the United States had the surname Linsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. It ranked 23,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Linsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Linsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Linsey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,095 in 2010, down 2.4%.