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    The surname Corum

    A surname, carried by 3,679 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C650

    Corum: #8,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Corum #8,900, 3,679 people Corum: #8,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corum #8,900, 3,679 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corum is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,679 people named Corum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,921 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,584.

    #8,900
    rank among US surnames
    3,679
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #8,470)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,891Diorio3,68283,853
    #8,894Wentzel3,68183,875
    #8,896Tarpley3,68083,898
    #8,900Brigman3,67983,921
    #8,904Billington3,67883,944
    #8,906Dear3,67783,967
    #8,907Marine3,67683,990

    Who is named Corum

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

    85% of people named Corum identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corum

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Corum?
    3,679 people in the United States had the surname Corum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,921 Americans. It ranked 8,900th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corum?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Corum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Corum getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,679 in 2010, up 2.7%.