# Kor (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 557 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 554,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (483 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Caw, shortened from McCaw. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Kohr, from a short form of Konrad, or from Kur, occupational surname from Middle High German kur (“official inspector”) (see modern Kurier (“messenger, courier”)). * As a Dutch surname, from Gronings dialect kor (“wheelbarrow, hand-truck”). * As a Polish surname, possibly a variant of several places derived from góra (“mountain”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 高 (gāo) (see Gao) or 高 (gāo) (see Xu).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kor 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) | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 24% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Koury, Kohr, Khoury, Khouri, Kaur, Kerr, Karr, Kier, Kerry, Kear, Kehr, Kara.

## 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.