Carsey Explained

Language:	English
Region:	Kersey, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Derivation:	Habitational
Variant Forms:	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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2003. v. 1. 295. Book: Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2003. v. 2. 296.
2. Web site: How common is your last name?. Newsday. 12 April 2020.