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    The surname Corey

    A Norse surname, carried by 15,569 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkɔ.ɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex C600 Also a first name

    Corey: #2,340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Corey #2,340, 15,569 people Corey: #2,340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corey #2,340, 15,569 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corey is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,569 people named Corey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,831 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 15,488.

    #2,340
    rank among US surnames
    15,569
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,149)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,331Cutler15,62119,765
    #2,332Vergara15,61819,769
    #2,333McGregor15,61419,774
    #2,335Goddard15,59919,793
    #2,336Lombardo15,59819,794
    #2,337Brunner15,59319,800
    #2,338Rowley15,58819,807

    Who is named Corey

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

    88% of people named Corey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coreys

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elias James Corey
      American chemist, born 1928
    • Wendell Corey
      American actor (1914–1968)
    • Jeff Corey
      American actor and acting teacher (1914-2002)
    • Irwin Corey
      American comedian and actor (1914–2017)
    • Robert B. Corey
      American biochemist (1897–1971)
    • Jill Corey
      American popular standards singer (1935–2021)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Corey

    Corey has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Corey come from?
    Corey is Norse in origin.
    How common is the surname Corey?
    15,569 people in the United States had the surname Corey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,831 Americans. It ranked 2,340th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corey?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Corey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Corey?
    Elias James Corey, American chemist, followed by Wendell Corey.
    Where is the surname Corey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corey in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Corey?
    Corey is /ˈkɔ.ɹi/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Corey getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,569 in 2010, up 0.5%.
    What are other spellings of Corey?
    Cory, Kory and Korey.
    Is Corey also a first name?
    Yes. Corey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.