Carsey
| Language(s) | English |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Derivation | Habitational |
| Region of origin | Kersey, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Kersey, Kearsey, Keresey, Kiersey |
Carsey is a surname. It originated as an American variant spelling of the English surname Kersey, a habitational surname from Kersey, Suffolk.[1] The 2010 United States Census found 692 people with the surname Carsey, making it the 33,087th-most-common name in the country. This represented a decrease from 723 (30,483rd-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, roughly 95% of the bearers of the surname Carsey identified as non-Hispanic white.[2]
People with the surname include:
- Kid Carsey (1870–1960), American baseball player
- Jay Carsey (1935–2000), American professor
- Marcy Carsey (born 1944), American television producer
- Thomas M. Carsey (1966–2018), American political scientist
See also[edit]
- Carsey-Werner Productions, a television production company co-founded by Marcy Carsey
- Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, a school endowed by Marcy Carsey
- Karsy (disambiguation)
References[edit]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. v. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 295. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. v. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 296.
- ^ "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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