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    The surname Corbitt

    A surname, carried by 6,002 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C613

    Corbitt: #5,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Corbitt #5,773, 6,002 people Corbitt: #5,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corbitt #5,773, 6,002 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corbitt is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,002 people named Corbitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,440 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,620.

    #5,773
    rank among US surnames
    6,002
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,662)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,767Guadarrama6,00651,406
    #5,768Papa6,00551,415
    #5,769Wiegand6,00451,423
    #5,773Carper6,00251,440
    #5,776Eicher5,99751,483

    Who is named Corbitt

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    70% of people named Corbitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corbitts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Recy Taylor
      American civil rights activist and kidnap victim (1919-2017)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corbitt

    Corbitt has the Soundex code C613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C613.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Corbitt?
    6,002 people in the United States had the surname Corbitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,440 Americans. It ranked 5,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corbitt?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Corbitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Corbitt?
    Recy Taylor, American civil rights activist and kidnap victim (1919-2017).
    Where is the surname Corbitt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corbitt in the United States.
    Is the surname Corbitt getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,002 in 2010, up 6.8%.