# Chorba (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chorba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Hungarian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 656 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,495 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 470,649 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (671 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Altered spelling of Hungarian Csorba, from csorba (“gap-toothed”). Also Americanized from Slovak and Serbo-Croatian Čorba, from the noun čorba (“soup, chowder”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chorba in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Corby, Corbo, Carpio, Crabb, Cribb, Cripe, Corriveau, Caraveo, Cuervo, Crabbe, Carbo, Corp.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.