How common is the surname Corrie?

926 people in the United States had the surname Corrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 333,419 Americans. It ranked 26,362nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Corrie?

Rachel Corrie, American anti-war and human rights activist.

Where is the surname Corrie most common?

Wikidata records people named Corrie in the United States.

How do you pronounce Corrie?

Corrie is /ˈkɒɹi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Corrie getting more or less common?

Less common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 926 in 2010, down 5.4%.

Is Corrie also a first name?

Yes. Corrie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Corrie

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 926 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɒɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex C600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corrie is more common than 83.8% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

From Scottish Gaelic coire (“cauldron, boiler; corrie”), which denotes a bowl-shaped geographical feature similar to a cirque.

Corrie is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 926 people named Corrie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 333,419 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 979.

#26,362

rank among US surnames

926

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-5.4%

change since 2000 (was #24,037)

Who is named Corrie

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

88% of people named Corrie identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Corries

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rachel Corrie
American anti-war and human rights activist, 1979–2003

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Corry

Surnames that sound like Corrie

Corrie has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Corrie come from?: From Scottish Gaelic coire (“cauldron, boiler; corrie”), which denotes a bowl-shaped geographical feature similar to a cirque.
How common is the surname Corrie?: 926 people in the United States had the surname Corrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 333,419 Americans. It ranked 26,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corrie?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Corrie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Corrie?: Rachel Corrie, American anti-war and human rights activist.
Where is the surname Corrie most common?: Wikidata records people named Corrie in the United States.
How do you pronounce Corrie?: Corrie is /ˈkɒɹi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Corrie?: Corrie is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Corrie getting more or less common?: Less common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 926 in 2010, down 5.4%.
What are other spellings of Corrie?: Corry.
Is Corrie also a first name?: Yes. Corrie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.