How common is the surname Tansey?

1,981 people in the United States had the surname Tansey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,853 Americans. It ranked 14,937th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tansey?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tansey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tansey?

John Tansey, American actor (1901-1971).

Where is the surname Tansey most common?

Wikidata records people named Tansey in the United States.

Is the surname Tansey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,981 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Tansey

A surname, carried by 1,981 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tansey is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,981 people named Tansey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,853 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,861.

#14,937

rank among US surnames

1,981

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,653)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,930	Delaluz	1,983	155,696
#14,933	Sutliff	1,982	155,775
#14,937	Einhorn	1,981	155,853
#14,943	Setser	1,980	155,932
#14,946	Deloera	1,979	156,011

Who is named Tansey

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

92% of people named Tansey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tanseys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Tansey
American actor (1901-1971)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tansey

Tansey has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

Questions

How common is the surname Tansey?: 1,981 people in the United States had the surname Tansey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,853 Americans. It ranked 14,937th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tansey?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tansey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tansey?: John Tansey, American actor (1901-1971).
Where is the surname Tansey most common?: Wikidata records people named Tansey in the United States.
Is the surname Tansey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,981 in 2010, up 6.4%.