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    The surname Corker

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,527 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C626

    Corker: #18,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Corker #18,218, 1,527 people Corker: #18,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corker #18,218, 1,527 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corker is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation.

    Corker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,527 people named Corker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,191 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,233.

    #18,218
    rank among US surnames
    1,527
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,111)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,218Corker1,527202,191
    #18,227Bise1,526202,323

    Who is named Corker

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

    68% of people named Corker identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corkers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bob Corker
      American politician, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Corker

    Corker has the Soundex code C626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Corker?
    1,527 people in the United States had the surname Corker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,191 Americans. It ranked 18,218th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corker?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Corker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Corker?
    Bob Corker, American politician.
    Where is the surname Corker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corker in the United States.
    What type of surname is Corker?
    Corker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Corker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,527 in 2010, up 24%.