Coursey Surname
Approximately 5,758 people bear this surname
Coursey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,619 | 1:64,506 | 7,544 |
| New Zealand | 43 | 1:105,310 | 13,865 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 68 | 1:65,145 | 4,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 686 | 1:73,205 | 7,843 |
Coursey (15) may also be a first name.
Coursey Demographics
Coursey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Coursey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coursey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Coursey is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Coursey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coursey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 83,976th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,265,638 people. The last name Coursey occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Coursey reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Coursey is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 15 people.
The last name Coursey is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 5,619 people, or 1 in 64,506. In The United States Coursey is mostly found in: Georgia, where 17 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and Kentucky, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Coursey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Coursey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Coursey surname grew 819 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coursey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (78%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Coursey last name are 24.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.12% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Coursey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.43% less than the national average, earning $42,963 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.24% more than the national average, earning $53,278 CAD per year.
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Coursey Reference & Research
Coursey/DeCoursey DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Coursey/DeCoursey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Courson FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Coursey
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