How common is the surname Corpuz?

5,176 people in the United States had the surname Corpuz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,649 Americans. It ranked 6,542nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Corpuz getting more or less common?

More common. 4,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,176 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Corpuz

A surname, carried by 5,176 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corpuz is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Common Filipino surname, a variant of Corpus (due to seseo), a reference to the Corpus Christi

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,176 people named Corpuz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,649 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,037.

#6,542

rank among US surnames

5,176

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+28.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,596)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,538	Manchester	5,182	59,580
#6,539	Milian	5,181	59,592
#6,540	Delosreyes	5,177	59,638
#6,542	Leffler	5,176	59,649
#6,546	Berglund	5,173	59,684
#6,548	Cannady	5,172	59,696

Who is named Corpuz

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

80% of people named Corpuz identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.1% as two or more races and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
Two or more races 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Corpuz

Corpus

Corpuz has the Soundex code C612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C612.

Questions

Where does the surname Corpuz come from?: Common Filipino surname, a variant of Corpus (due to seseo), a reference to the Corpus Christi
How common is the surname Corpuz?: 5,176 people in the United States had the surname Corpuz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,649 Americans. It ranked 6,542nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corpuz?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Corpuz identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Corpuz getting more or less common?: More common. 4,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,176 in 2010, up 28%.