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    The surname Korpi

    A Finnish surname, carried by 1,021 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K610

    Korpi: #24,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Korpi #24,499, 1,021 people Korpi: #24,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Korpi #24,499, 1,021 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Korpi is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    Finnish origin

    Borrowed from Finnish Korpi.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,021 people named Korpi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 993.

    #24,499
    rank among US surnames
    1,021
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,781)

    Who is named Korpi

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

    96% of people named Korpi identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Korpi

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Korpi come from?
    Borrowed from Finnish Korpi.
    How common is the surname Korpi?
    1,021 people in the United States had the surname Korpi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. It ranked 24,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Korpi?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Korpi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Korpi getting more or less common?
    More common. 993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,021 in 2010, up 2.8%.