The Espy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,851 people carried this name — #15,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,851).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Espy surname
Shortened form of Gillespie.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Espy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 121 people named Espy.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Ariège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Espy in American newspapers,
1894–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 85,560 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Espy,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Pollard Espy 1785–1860 · teacher -
Willard R. Espy 1910–1999 · writer -
Gene Espy 1927–2025 · engineer -
Ben E. Espy 1943–2025 · politician -
Mike Espy 1953– · lawyer -
Josiah Espy 1742–1813
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Espy.
- Espin 847 · U.S. census
- Espinet 192 · U.S. census
- Espinosa 38,667 · U.S. census
- Espinoza 112,154 · U.S. census
- Esposito 22,789 · U.S. census
- Esprit 248 · U.S. census
- Esquer 1,855 · U.S. census
- Esquerre 100 · U.S. census
- Esse 436 · U.S. census
- Essel 238 · U.S. census
- Esser 4,297 · U.S. census
- Essig 2,175 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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