How common is the surname Corner?

2,256 people in the United States had the surname Corner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,855 Americans. It ranked 13,477th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Corner?

Harry Corner, British cricketer (1874-1938), followed by Philip Corner.

Where is the surname Corner most common?

Wikidata records people named Corner in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Corner getting more or less common?

More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,256 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Corner

A surname, carried by 2,256 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corner is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,256 people named Corner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,855 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,071.

#13,477

rank among US surnames

2,256

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,470	Vandegrift	2,260	136,613
#13,472	Nease	2,259	136,674
#13,474	Siewert	2,258	136,734
#13,477	Corner	2,256	136,855
#13,480	Lunceford	2,255	136,916
#13,483	Bartelt	2,254	136,977
#13,486	Freda	2,253	137,038

Who is named Corner

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

73% of people named Corner identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Corners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harry Corner
British cricketer (1874-1938)
Philip Corner
American composer, music theorist and pianist (born 1933)

Notable Corners come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Corner

Corner has the Soundex code C656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C656.

Questions

How common is the surname Corner?: 2,256 people in the United States had the surname Corner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,855 Americans. It ranked 13,477th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corner?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Corner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Corner?: Harry Corner, British cricketer (1874-1938), followed by Philip Corner.
Where is the surname Corner most common?: Wikidata records people named Corner in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Corner getting more or less common?: More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,256 in 2010, up 8.9%.