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The CORBIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 25,696 1253 0.01 95
United States (1880 census) 5,463 1105 0.011 109
Change since 1880 +20233 -148 -0.001 -14
Other Countries
Australia 173 8571 0.001 11
United Kingdom 1,109 4832 0.002 24
Top States for CORBIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 2,052 1005 0.013 128
Virginia 1,500 582 0.021 212
Ohio 1,493 885 0.013 132
California 1,342 2410 0.004 40
Texas 1,337 1847 0.006 64
Top States for CORBIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 302 867 0.024 237
West Virginia 426 663 0.024 236
Virginia 1,500 582 0.021 212
Kentucky 745 818 0.018 184
Maryland 960 593 0.018 181

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CORBIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CORBIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CORBIN in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CORBIN by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CORBIN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CORBIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CORBIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CORBIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 406 1.58
White (Hispanic) 313 1.22
Asian/Pacific 113 0.44
Native American/Alaskan 113 0.44
White (Caucasian) 19,796 77.04
Black/African American 4,952 19.27

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CORBIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CORBIN in historical publications

(origin: Local) The name of a place in Glencreran, Scotland, signifying a steep hill, from the Gaelic Cor-beann or Cor-beinn.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to CORBIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CORBIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CORBIN

The following words are slight variants of CORBIN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.