Corby Surname

62,176th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,077 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Corby Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) belonging to Corby =? Cor’s or Kor’s Estate or Settlement [Old Norse by-r]

Corby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8201:128,53213,589
England1,9671:28,3263,829
Australia1,7211:15,6862,214
Canada4561:80,8029,022
France3011:220,67334,242
Ireland2251:20,9292,135
New Zealand1421:31,8905,546
Israel1131:75,7319,226
South Africa911:595,35945,471
Thailand351:2,018,238239,646
Wales291:106,7088,358
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Colombia161:2,985,88014,490
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Jersey71:14,1722,872
India71:109,580,769786,157
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Malta11:430,2723,380
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland631:70,3155,170
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0541:23,1273,224
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7551:66,5157,224

Corby (2,504) may also be a first name.

Corby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) belonging to Corby =? Cor’s or Kor’s Estate or Settlement [Old Norse by-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes, &c. in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Cumberland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cumberland, Lincolnshire Or Corbie, France.

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

A Norman name: From the Domesday Book, Corbin. Corbie; a local name

British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber

Corby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Corby (Arabic: كوربي) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Corby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 62,176th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 902,259 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Corby reside; 35 percent reside in North America and 34 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 147,499th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 2,504 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2,820 people, or 1 in 128,532. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, Michigan, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States Corby occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 21 percent reside.

Corby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Corby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Corby last name grew 374 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 357 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 211 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Corby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Corby surname are 7.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.1% registered with the party.

The amount Corby earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.62% more than the national average, earning R 403,092 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.19% less than the national average, earning $18,573,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.11% more than the national average, earning $47,512 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.57% more than the national average, earning $52,452 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corboy911,161/
Corbey91656/
Courby91237/
Corbay9174/
Scorby9170/
Corbys919/
Corzby913/
Corbiy911/
Corbuy911/
Courbey83192/
Coirbay8310/
Corbiey837/
Chorbay835/
Courbay833/
Csorbay831/
Czorbay831/
Corbi803,567/
Carby801,942/
Sorby801,612/
Corba801,387/
Corbe801,380/
Curby80803/
Korby80608/
Jorby8040/
Corbé8037/
Corbí8034/
Corvy807/
Ciorba736,419/
Corbet734,970/
Corbit731,047/
Corbea731,013/
Courbe73903/
Corbes73819/
Corbie73589/
Charby73484/
Carbay73386/
Corbei73385/
Corber73343/
Zorbay73254/
Ciorbă73247/
Carboy73210/
Chorbi73197/
Corvey73160/
Scarby73138/
Korbay73136/
Corbee73136/
Korbey73102/
Curboy7388/
Churby7377/
Chorbe7374/
Courbi7373/
Corway7372/
Corbez7355/
Corbis7351/
Curbey7347/
Corbid7344/
Ciorbi7330/
Ciorbe7330/
Curbay7328/
Korboy7327/
Sorbey7326/
Zorbey7326/
Corbić7326/
Korbyt7319/
Carrby7315/
Courba7312/
Korbys7311/
Carbey7310/
Corbuj7310/
Courbé739/
Corbio735/
Korbiy734/
Corboi733/
Corbée733/
Coorbe733/
Corbai732/
Sorbay732/
Carbys732/
Corbèe732/
Korbyi732/
Chorvy731/
Caurby731/
Corbeh731/
Corwey731/
Ckerby731/
Qorbay731/
Courbè731/
Corbiz731/
Corbìa731/
Corbăț731/
Djorby731/
Corvoy730/
Corrvy730/
Korbuy730/
Corvay730/
Corbett6770,177/
Corbitt678,577/
Courbet672,890/
Courbis67992/
Courbez67349/
Ciorbea67273/
Charbuy67183/
Scarbay67161/
Courbes67112/
Corbeij67103/
Csorbai6775/
Corrway6766/
Charbey6760/
Korbych6748/
Corbets6716/
Corbicz6710/
Charbay6710/
Chorbei678/
Korbycz675/
Korbysh674/
Courbit674/
Courbès674/
Corbeit673/
Chhorvy673/
Corbais673/
Corbitz672/
Sourbey672/
Khourby672/
Korby's671/
Corbaid671/
Corbeas671/
Corbeet671/
Corbezz671/
Scarboy671/
Soorbay671/
Courber671/
Courbie671/
Corbits671/
Corbees671/
Chorhbi671/
Churboy671/
Courbaa671/
Corbiss670/
Corbess670/
Corrbet670/
Koerbey670/
Corbith670/

Corby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Corby in the Arabic language
كوربيkwrby-

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