# Posey (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,263 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,773 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,237 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (19,648 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Posey 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Posey in the United States.

## People named Posey

- Parker Posey, American actress (born 1968)
- Tyler Posey, American actor, musician (b. 1991)
- Buster Posey, American baseball executive and former player (born 1987)
- James Posey, American basketball player (born 1977)
- Sam Posey, American racing driver
- Sandy Posey, American pop singer (1944–2024)
- Thomas Posey, American politician (1750-1818)

## Similar surnames

Poss, Pusey, Page, Peck, Pace, Pugh, Pike, Paz, Paige, Pack, Pease, Peek.

## 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.