Pusey
English
Etymology
From Old English pisa (“pea”) + īeġ (“island”).
Proper noun
Pusey (countable and uncountable, plural Puseys)
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3596). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pusey is the 14127th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2127 individuals. Pusey is most common among White (70.29%) and Black/African American (24.68%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pusey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.