How common is the surname Corso?

4,798 people in the United States had the surname Corso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,349 Americans. It ranked 6,984th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Corso?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Corso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Corso?

Gregory Corso, American writer (1930-2001).

Where is the surname Corso most common?

Wikidata records people named Corso in the United States.

Is the surname Corso getting more or less common?

More common. 4,766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,798 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Corso

An Italian surname, carried by 4,798 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corso is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Corso.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,798 people named Corso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,349 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,766.

#6,984

rank among US surnames

4,798

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,556)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,980	Gilbreath	4,804	64,268
#6,982	Herd	4,803	64,282
#6,983	O'Meara	4,801	64,309
#6,984	Corso	4,798	64,349

Who is named Corso

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

93% of people named Corso identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Corsos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gregory Corso
American writer (1930-2001)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Corso

Corso has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Corso come from?: Borrowed from Italian Corso.
How common is the surname Corso?: 4,798 people in the United States had the surname Corso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,349 Americans. It ranked 6,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corso?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Corso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Corso?: Gregory Corso, American writer (1930-2001).
Where is the surname Corso most common?: Wikidata records people named Corso in the United States.
Is the surname Corso getting more or less common?: More common. 4,766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,798 in 2010, up 0.7%.