How common is the surname Korn?

5,442 people in the United States had the surname Korn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. It ranked 6,278th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Korn?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Korn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Korn?

la loma, Argentine physician, psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist, politician (1860-1936).

Where is the surname Korn most common?

Wikidata records people named Korn in Argentina.

Is the surname Korn getting more or less common?

More common. 5,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,442 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Korn

A surname, carried by 5,442 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Korn is more common than 96.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,442 people named Korn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,328.

#6,278

rank among US surnames

5,442

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,947)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,275	Awad	5,446	56,692
#6,276	Speight	5,445	56,703
#6,277	Avant	5,443	56,723
#6,278	Koons	5,442	56,734

Who is named Korn

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

91% of people named Korn identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Korns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

la loma
Argentine physician, psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist, politician (1860-1936)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Korn

Korn has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

Questions

How common is the surname Korn?: 5,442 people in the United States had the surname Korn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. It ranked 6,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Korn?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Korn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Korn?: la loma, Argentine physician, psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist, politician (1860-1936).
Where is the surname Korn most common?: Wikidata records people named Korn in Argentina.
Is the surname Korn getting more or less common?: More common. 5,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,442 in 2010, up 2.1%.