Last Name CORBETT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Said to be of Norman extraction. Corbet, a noble Norman, came into England with the Conqueror, and from his son Roger Corbet descended the baronial house, as well as the families of the name now existing.

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean

Rank	1,252 (2000 US census)	1,114 (1990 US census)

Count	25,722 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.59%, or 21244 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.82%, or 3555 total occurrences, as black,
0.38%, or 98 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 141 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.38%, or 355 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.27%, or 327 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

English surnames

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Ukrainian middle names

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