# Curnow (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/curnow/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Cornish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cornish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,069 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,691 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 288,817 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (1,042 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Cornish Kernow (“Cornwall”), an ethnic surname for a Cornish person.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Curnow in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Curran, Currin, Crown, Cron, Curren, Corona, Crane, Carney, Crum, Crain, Carreon, Caron.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.