How common is the surname Cory?

5,879 people in the United States had the surname Cory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,517 Americans. It ranked 5,867th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cory?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cory identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cory?

Charles B. Cory, American ornithologist and amateur golfer (1857-1921), followed by Suzanne Cory.

Where is the surname Cory most common?

Wikidata records people named Cory in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Cory?

Cory is /ˈkɔ.ɹi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cory getting more or less common?

More common. 5,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,879 in 2010, up 3.1%.

Is Cory also a first name?

Yes. Cory is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Cory

A Norse surname, carried by 5,879 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɔ.ɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex C600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cory is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,879 people named Cory in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,517 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,704.

#5,867

rank among US surnames

5,879

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,584)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,858	Markle	5,893	52,392
#5,859	Teeter	5,892	52,401
#5,860	Decarlo	5,889	52,427
#5,861	Leos	5,888	52,436
#5,863	Sturgis	5,885	52,463
#5,864	Fritts	5,883	52,481
#5,865	Remington	5,881	52,499

Who is named Cory

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

92% of people named Cory identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Corys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles B. Cory
American ornithologist and amateur golfer (1857-1921)
Suzanne Cory
Australian molecular biologist, born 1942
Kate Cory
American photographer and painter (1861–1958)
Fanny Cory
American illustrator and comic strip creator (1877-1972)

Notable Corys come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cory

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

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cory come from?: Cory is Norse in origin.
How common is the surname Cory?: 5,879 people in the United States had the surname Cory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,517 Americans. It ranked 5,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cory?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cory identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cory?: Charles B. Cory, American ornithologist and amateur golfer (1857-1921), followed by Suzanne Cory.
Where is the surname Cory most common?: Wikidata records people named Cory in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Cory?: Cory is /ˈkɔ.ɹi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cory getting more or less common?: More common. 5,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,879 in 2010, up 3.1%.
Is Cory also a first name?: Yes. Cory is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.