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Kersey
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kersey
English
Etymology
en :af ang:cærse<t:cress> ang:īeġ<t:island> 1 +
Proper noun
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en village/and/cpar in dist/Babergh co/Suffolk cc/England OS grid ref TL999904. Parish map (Suffolk)
en 1980 AA Book of British Villages Drive Publications Ltd 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.
en locality co/Rocky View County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en town co/Weld County s/Colorado c/USA, derived from a maiden name.
en unincorporated community co/Jasper County s/Indiana c/US.
en CDP co/Elk County s/Pennsylvania c/US.
en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Kersey Upland
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Kersey is the 4189th 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
Anagrams
en eekrsy Yerkes Keyser seerky skeery rekeys keyers
Middle English
Noun
enm noun 1
enm kersey