Explore the Family Name Johnsey

The meaning of Johnsey

English (Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire) and French: habitational name from Gency in Cergy, Val-d’Oise, or Janzé, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

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How common is the last name Johnsey in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Johnsey shows a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 40,552nd most popular surname in the U.S., but by 2010, it had dropped to the 43,151st spot, marking a decline of 6.41%. As for the count of people with the Johnsey surname, there was a marginal dip from 508 individuals in 2000 to 501 in 2010, which equates to a reduction of 1.38%. Proportionally, per 100k people, the presence of the surname also fell by 10.53%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,552	#43,151	-6.41%
Count	508	501	-1.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Johnsey

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Johnsey, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, is predominantly White, comprising 96.65% in 2000 and slightly declining to 94.81% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races showed a small increase from 1.57% in 2000 to 1.80% in 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion of individuals of Hispanic ethnicity decreased marginally by 10.83%, moving from 1.57% in 2000 to 1.40% in 2010. Notably, there was no representation of Asian/Pacific Islander or Black ethnicities in either census year. Interestingly, the 2010 census recorded an American Indian and Alaskan Native representation for the first time, accounting for 1.20% of the Johnseys.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.65%	94.81%	-1.9%
Two or More Races	1.57%	1.8%	14.65%
Hispanic	1.57%	1.4%	-10.83%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.2%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%