The surname Kornegay
A German surname, carried by 4,702 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex K652
Origin
German origin
Americanized spelling of German Kornegger.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,702 people named Kornegay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,663 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,413.
#7,116
rank among US surnames
4,702
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+6.5%
change since 2000 (was #7,003)
Who is named Kornegay
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
50% of people named Kornegay identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 50%
- Black (not Hispanic) 46%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kornegay come from?
- Americanized spelling of German Kornegger.
- How common is the surname Kornegay?
- 4,702 people in the United States had the surname Kornegay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,663 Americans. It ranked 7,116th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kornegay?
- In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Kornegay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kornegay getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,702 in 2010, up 6.5%.