How common is the surname Cordes?

6,035 people in the United States had the surname Cordes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,159 Americans. It ranked 5,742nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cordes?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cordes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cordes?

Kevin Cordes, American swimmer, followed by Burkhard Cordes.

Where is the surname Cordes most common?

Wikidata records people named Cordes in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Cordes getting more or less common?

More common. 5,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,035 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Cordes

A surname, carried by 6,035 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cordes is more common than 96.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,035 people named Cordes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,159 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,889.

#5,742

rank among US surnames

6,035

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,433)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,734	Abeyta	6,046	51,066
#5,736	Hollenbeck	6,043	51,091
#5,737	Klug	6,041	51,108
#5,738	Nason	6,040	51,117
#5,739	Parton	6,039	51,125
#5,740	Futrell	6,038	51,134
#5,741	Duron	6,037	51,142

Who is named Cordes

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

92% of people named Cordes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cordess

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Cordes
American swimmer, born 1993
Burkhard Cordes
Brazilian sailor, born 1939

Notable Cordess come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cordes

Cordes has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.

Questions

How common is the surname Cordes?: 6,035 people in the United States had the surname Cordes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,159 Americans. It ranked 5,742nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cordes?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cordes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cordes?: Kevin Cordes, American swimmer, followed by Burkhard Cordes.
Where is the surname Cordes most common?: Wikidata records people named Cordes in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Cordes getting more or less common?: More common. 5,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,035 in 2010, up 2.5%.