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The HERSEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,696 8246 0.001 14
United States (1880 census) 1,510 3817 0.003 30
Change since 1880 +2186 -4429 -0.002 -16
Other Countries
Australia 118 12294 0.001 7
United Kingdom 553 8272 0.001 12
Top States for HERSEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 509 4040 0.003 32
Massachusetts 447 2043 0.007 70
Maine 369 698 0.029 289
California 235 11078 0.001 7
New Hampshire 211 914 0.017 171
Top States for HERSEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 369 698 0.029 289
New Hampshire 211 914 0.017 171
Vermont 49 2140 0.008 80
Massachusetts 447 2043 0.007 70
Rhode Island 49 3275 0.005 47

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HERSEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HERSEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HERSEY in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HERSEY by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HERSEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HERSEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HERSEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HERSEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 300 8.12
Mixed Race 43 1.16
White (Hispanic) 30 0.81
Asian/Pacific 18 0.49
Native American/Alaskan 17 0.46
White (Caucasian) 3,288 88.96

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HERSEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HERSEY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of HERSEY.

Similar names to HERSEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HERSEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HERSEY

The following words are slight variants of HERSEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.