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    The surname Posey

    A surname, carried by 20,263 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P200

    Posey: #1,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Posey #1,773, 20,263 people Posey: #1,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Posey #1,773, 20,263 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Posey is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,263 people named Posey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,237 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,648.

    #1,773
    rank among US surnames
    20,263
    people in 2010
    6.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #1,669)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,764Hargrove20,36015,164
    #1,765Keenan20,35315,170
    #1,766North20,34315,177
    #1,767Dasilva20,33815,181
    #1,768Ledesma20,31115,201
    #1,769Messer20,30615,205
    #1,770Root20,28415,221

    Who is named Posey

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

    73% of people named Posey identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Poseys

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1944
    • Sandy Posey
      American pop singer (1944–2024)
    • Thomas Posey
      American politician (1750-1818)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Posey

    Posey has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Posey?
    20,263 people in the United States had the surname Posey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,237 Americans. It ranked 1,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Posey?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Posey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Posey?
    Parker Posey, American actress (born 1968), followed by Tyler Posey.
    Where is the surname Posey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Posey in the United States.
    Is the surname Posey getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,263 in 2010, up 3.1%.