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    The surname Corlew

    A surname, carried by 1,403 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C640

    Corlew: #19,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Corlew #19,296, 1,403 people Corlew: #19,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corlew #19,296, 1,403 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corlew is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,403 people named Corlew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,371.

    #19,296
    rank among US surnames
    1,403
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,560)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,291Vasko1,404219,904
    #19,296Bevers1,403220,061

    Who is named Corlew

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

    82% of people named Corlew identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corlew

    Corlew has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Corlew?
    1,403 people in the United States had the surname Corlew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. It ranked 19,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corlew?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Corlew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Corlew getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,403 in 2010, up 2.3%.