# Corona (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/corona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 41,553 |
| US rank (2010) | 832 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,430 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (29,525 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”). * (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town. * (Corona, New Mexico): * (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens. * (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872, petitioned to have the post office name changed to Corona in 1870, suggesting that it was the “crown of Queens County”. A third theory is that it is derived from the crown used as an emblem by the Crown Building Company, which is said to have developed the area.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Corona in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Corona in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Corona

- Joe Corona, American soccer player
- Lauro Corona, Brazilian actor and singer

## Similar surnames

Corn, Cron, Corrin, Corwin, Cerna, Coram, Crane, Carney, Curran, Crum, Crain, Carreon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.