How Many People Have the Last Name Posey?
people had the surname Posey in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 14,556 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+615 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Posey (72.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 21.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Posey ranks #1,320. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 75.2% to 72.9%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Posey grew from 19,648 people in 2000 to 20,263 in 2010 (up 3.1%), and its rank fell from #1,669 to #1,773. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 7.28 to 6.87 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 19,648 | 20,263 |
| Rank | #1,669 | #1,773 |
| Per 100,000 people | 7.28 | 6.87 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Posey
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Posey: P200
👤 Posey as a First Name
Posey is a first name too: about 633 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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