How common is the surname Corry?

2,819 people in the United States had the surname Corry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. It ranked 11,216th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Corry?

Stephen Corry, British anthropologist and activist.

Where is the surname Corry most common?

Wikidata records people named Corry in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Corry getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,819 in 2010, down 5.8%.

The surname Corry

A surname, carried by 2,819 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corry is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Two main origins: * Reduced form of McCorry, a surname of Irish origin. * A variant spelling of Corrie, a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,819 people named Corry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,994.

#11,216

rank among US surnames

2,819

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,939)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484
#11,216	Dennard	2,819	109,523
#11,223	Yeary	2,818	109,562
#11,225	Wolfgang	2,817	109,601

Who is named Corry

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

79% of people named Corry identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Corrys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephen Corry
British anthropologist and activist, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Corry

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

Questions

Where does the surname Corry come from?: Two main origins: * Reduced form of McCorry, a surname of Irish origin. * A variant spelling of Corrie, a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin.
How common is the surname Corry?: 2,819 people in the United States had the surname Corry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. It ranked 11,216th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corry?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Corry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Corry?: Stephen Corry, British anthropologist and activist.
Where is the surname Corry most common?: Wikidata records people named Corry in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Corry getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,819 in 2010, down 5.8%.