Codner Surname

149,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,960 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Codner Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the cordwainer,' of which Cordiner and Codner are variants; v. Cordiner.

Robert Codner, bailiff of Bristol, 1346: Barrett's History of Bristol.

1642. Baptised — Allyce, d. James Codner: St.

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Codner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1121:325,95229,626
Jamaica8951:3,207476
Canada4311:85,4899,489
England3121:178,58416,169
Israel661:129,66114,046
Australia651:415,31833,226
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Cayman Islands141:4,564572
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England931:262,10118,696
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1551:323,99225,248

Codner (10) may also be a first name.

Codner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the cordwainer,' of which Cordiner and Codner are variants; v. Cordiner.

Robert Codner, bailiff of Bristol, 1346: Barrett's History of Bristol.

1642. Baptised — Allyce, d. James Codner: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Codnor (Derby) = prob. Coda's River - Bank [Anglo-Saxon *Codan-óra-Codan, genit. of Coda + óra, a bank, shore]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Codnor; a location name in Derbyshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Codner: a cordwainer.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Codner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Codner Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Codner is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Codner? popularity and diffusion

Codner is the 149,249th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,462,009 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Codner reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Codner is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 10 people.

The last name Codner is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 1,112 people, or 1 in 325,952. In The United States Codner is primarily found in: New York, where 18 percent are found, Florida, where 14 percent are found and Georgia, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 30 percent are found and Canada, where 15 percent are found.

Codner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Codner has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 717 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 335 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Codner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Codner surname are 3.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.21% registered with the party.

The amount Codner earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.85% more than the national average, earning R 337,092 per year; in United States they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning $46,060 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.22% more than the national average, earning $54,760 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Codnere921/
Coedner920/
Kodner83438/
Codney8384/
Cudner8315/
Jodner838/
Cadner831/
Sodner830/
Codnir830/
Codned830/
Chudner7764/
Chadner7729/
Czudner776/
Coudnet772/
Codneys772/
Kodnere771/
Qodne7375/
Kodne7322/
Cadne731/
Codny730/
Coudenne7175/
Coudneys716/
Kadner671,178/
Cadney67149/
Kudner6754/
Kádner6752/
Kedner6729/
Zadner6713/
Sadner678/
Jadner676/
Kodnir674/
Khodne672/
Codnys671/
Cadnes671/
Cadnea671/
Caddne670/
Kodney670/

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