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    The surname Corder

    A surname, carried by 6,887 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C636

    Corder: #5,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Corder #5,083, 6,887 people Corder: #5,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corder #5,083, 6,887 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corder is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,887 people named Corder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,830 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,912.

    #5,083
    rank among US surnames
    6,887
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,686)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,074Trombley6,90844,694
    #5,075Booher6,90044,746
    #5,076Catalan6,89944,752
    #5,077Bischoff6,89744,765
    #5,079Davalos6,89444,785
    #5,080Doolittle6,89344,791
    #5,081Poulin6,89244,798

    Who is named Corder

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

    88% of people named Corder identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corders

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Frederick Corder
      British composer and music teacher (1852–1932)
    • Rosa Corder
      British artist (1853-1893)

    Notable Corders come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corder

    Corder has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Corder?
    6,887 people in the United States had the surname Corder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,830 Americans. It ranked 5,083rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corder?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Corder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Corder?
    Frederick Corder, British composer and music teacher (1852–1932), followed by Rosa Corder.
    Where is the surname Corder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corder in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Corder getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,887 in 2010, down 0.4%.