How common is the surname Corning?

1,544 people in the United States had the surname Corning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. It ranked 18,057th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Corning?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Corning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Corning?

Chris Corning, American snowboarder, followed by Parker Corning.

Where is the surname Corning most common?

Wikidata records people named Corning in the United States.

Is the surname Corning getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,544 in 2010, down 1.8%.

The surname Corning

A surname, carried by 1,544 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corning is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,544 people named Corning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,572.

#18,057

rank among US surnames

1,544

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,741)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,054	Migliaccio	1,545	199,835
#18,057	Dubiel	1,544	199,965

Who is named Corning

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

94% of people named Corning identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cornings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Corning
American snowboarder, born 1999
Parker Corning
American politician (1874-1943)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Corning

Corning has the Soundex code C655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C655.

Questions

How common is the surname Corning?: 1,544 people in the United States had the surname Corning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. It ranked 18,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corning?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Corning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Corning?: Chris Corning, American snowboarder, followed by Parker Corning.
Where is the surname Corning most common?: Wikidata records people named Corning in the United States.
Is the surname Corning getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,544 in 2010, down 1.8%.