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    The surname Korb

    A surname, carried by 2,287 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K610

    Korb: #13,334 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Korb #13,334, 2,287 people Korb: #13,334 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Korb #13,334, 2,287 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Korb is more common than 91.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,287 people named Korb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,000 Americans. That is down 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,448.

    #13,334
    rank among US surnames
    2,287
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,729)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,326Lamotte2,289134,882
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941
    #13,334Korb2,287135,000
    #13,338Saxena2,286135,059

    Who is named Korb

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

    96% of people named Korb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Korbs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chris Korb
      American soccer player (born 1987)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Korb

    Korb has the Soundex code K610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K610.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Korb?
    2,287 people in the United States had the surname Korb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,000 Americans. It ranked 13,334th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Korb?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Korb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Korb?
    Chris Korb, American soccer player (born 1987).
    Where is the surname Korb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Korb in the United States.
    Is the surname Korb getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,287 in 2010, down 6.6%.