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    The surname Corwin

    A surname, carried by 6,887 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C650

    Corwin: #5,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Corwin #5,083, 6,887 people Corwin: #5,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corwin #5,083, 6,887 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corwin is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,887 people named Corwin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,830 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,863.

    #5,083
    rank among US surnames
    6,887
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,728)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,074Trombley6,90844,694
    #5,075Booher6,90044,746
    #5,076Catalan6,89944,752
    #5,077Bischoff6,89744,765
    #5,079Davalos6,89444,785
    #5,080Doolittle6,89344,791
    #5,081Poulin6,89244,798

    Who is named Corwin

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

    95% of people named Corwin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corwins

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thomas Corwin
      American politician (1794-1865)
    • Norman Corwin
      American radio producer and screenwriter (1910-2011)
    • Jeff Corwin
      American nature conservationist, television host and producer, born 1967
    • Hank Corwin
      American film editor, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corwin

    Corwin 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 Corwin?
    6,887 people in the United States had the surname Corwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,830 Americans. It ranked 5,083rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corwin?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Corwin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Corwin?
    Thomas Corwin, American politician (1794-1865), followed by Norman Corwin.
    Where is the surname Corwin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corwin in the United States.
    Is the surname Corwin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,887 in 2010, up 0.3%.