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]

Carsey
Language(s)English
Origin
DerivationHabitational
Region of originKersey, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Other names
Variant form(s)Kersey, Kearsey, Keresey, Kiersey

People with the surname include:

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 12 April 2020.