Last Name KERSEY

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Meaning	Local: Of Kersey, a parish in county Suffolk, near Hadleigh.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	4,087 (2000 US census)	4,852 (1990 US census)

Count	8,021 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.49%, or 6777 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.67%, or 936 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 34 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.67%, or 54 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.32%, or 106 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.42%, or 114 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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