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    The surname Wilsey

    A surname, carried by 2,159 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W420

    Wilsey: #13,967 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilsey #13,967, 2,159 people Wilsey: #13,967 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilsey #13,967, 2,159 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilsey is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,159 people named Wilsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,143.

    #13,967
    rank among US surnames
    2,159
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,092)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,959Milliron2,161142,872
    #13,964Buentello2,160142,938
    #13,967Veazey2,159143,004
    #13,974Barkman2,158143,070
    #13,976Sarkar2,157143,137

    Who is named Wilsey

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

    94% of people named Wilsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wilseys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jay Wilsey
      Actor (1896-1961)
    • Savannah
      American pornographic actress, 1970–1994

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Wilsey

    Wilsey has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wilsey?
    2,159 people in the United States had the surname Wilsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. It ranked 13,967th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wilsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wilsey?
    Jay Wilsey, actor (1896-1961), followed by Savannah.
    Where is the surname Wilsey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wilsey in the United States.
    Is the surname Wilsey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,159 in 2010, up 0.7%.