# Corbin (surname)

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

An English surname from Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,876 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,307 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,488 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (25,696 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Corbyn |

## Etymology

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Corbin 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Corbin in the United States.

## People named Corbin

- Baron Corbin, American professional wrestler
- Barry Corbin, American actor (b. 1940)
- Myrtle Corbin, American sideshow performer (1868–1928)
- Virginia Lee Corbin, American actress (1910-1942)
- Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player/coach
- Patrick Corbin, American baseball player
- Easton Corbin, American musician

## Similar surnames

Corvin, Carpenter, Cervantes, Craven, Carbone, Cravens, Cervantez, Charbonneau, Crippen, Charpentier, Carbonell, Carpentier.

## 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.