# Corbett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/corbett/  
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 Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,246 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,346 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,764 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (25,722 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”), probably a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Corbett 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Corbett in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

## People named Corbett

- John Corbett, American actor and country music singer (born 1961)
- James John Corbett, American boxer (1866-1933)
- Glenn Corbett, American actor (1933–1993)
- Margery Corbett Ashby, British activist (1882-1981)
- Gretchen Corbett, American actress (born 1945)
- Kizzmekia Corbett, American immunologist (1986-)
- Ben Corbett, actor (1892-1961)
- Henry W. Corbett, American businessman and politician (1827–1903)
- Lydia Corbett, British artist, known as Picasso's "Girl with a ponytail" (born 1934)
- Glen Corbett, American actor (1922-1997)
- Harvey Wiley Corbett, American architect (1873–1954)

## Similar surnames

Corbitt, Craft, Crabtree, Croft, Crafton, Crofts, Crafts, Crofoot.

## 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.