Kersey

See also: kersey

English

Etymology

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).

Proper noun

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904).
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, pages 237, 240, about Kersey, Suffolk:

     The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the summit of Church Hill.

2. A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
3. A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.
4. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.
6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kersey is the 4189^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8459 individuals. Kersey is most common among White (82.31%) and Black/African American (12.29%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kersey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296.

Anagrams

• Yerkes, Keyser, seerky, skeery, rekeys, keyers

Middle English

Noun

Kersey

1. Alternative form of kersey