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    The surname Koroma

    A surname, carried by 1,733 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K650

    Koroma: #16,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Koroma #16,560, 1,733 people Koroma: #16,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Koroma #16,560, 1,733 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koroma is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,733 people named Koroma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,157 Americans. That is up 118% since 2000, when the Census counted 795.

    #16,560
    rank among US surnames
    1,733
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +118%
    change since 2000 (was #28,298)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,555Perrigo1,734178,054
    #16,560Koepp1,733178,157

    Who is named Koroma

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

    98% of people named Koroma identified as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Koroma

    Koroma 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 Koroma?
    1,733 people in the United States had the surname Koroma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,157 Americans. It ranked 16,560th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koroma?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Koroma identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Koroma getting more or less common?
    More common. 795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,733 in 2010, up 118%.