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    The surname Corrin

    A Manx patronymic surname, carried by 359 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C650

    Corrin: #56,836 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Corrin #56,836, 359 people Corrin: #56,836 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Corrin #56,836, 359 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corrin is more common than 65% of them.

    Origin

    Manx origin

    Two main origins: * Anglicized form of Mac Torin from Gaelic mac Thórfinnr (from Thórr the name of the Scandinavian thunder god, and the ethnic designation Finnr) * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Odhráin (“son of Odhrán”), a byname from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”). * A variant of Curran.

    Corrin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 359 people named Corrin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 860,015 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 429.

    #56,836
    rank among US surnames
    359
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16.3%
    change since 2000 (was #46,678)

    Who is named Corrin

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

    93% of people named Corrin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corrins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Emma Corrin
      British actor (born 1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corrin

    Corrin has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Corrin come from?
    Two main origins: * Anglicized form of Mac Torin from Gaelic mac Thórfinnr (from Thórr the name of the Scandinavian thunder god, and the ethnic designation Finnr) * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Odhráin (“son of Odhrán”), a byname from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”). * A variant of Curran.
    How common is the surname Corrin?
    359 people in the United States had the surname Corrin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 860,015 Americans. It ranked 56,836th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corrin?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Corrin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Corrin?
    Emma Corrin, British actor (born 1995).
    Where is the surname Corrin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corrin in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Corrin?
    Corrin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Corrin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 359 in 2010, down 16%.