Corner Surname
Approximately 10,166 people bear this surname
Corner Surname Definition:
There are three distinct origins of this surname: (1) a local, (3) an official, (3) an occupative origin.
(1) Local, 'of the corner,' compare Hearne and Wray.
John de la Cornere, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William de la Cornere, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameCorner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,279 | 1:16,992 | 2,452 |
| United States | 2,373 | 1:152,743 | 15,673 |
| Canada | 739 | 1:49,859 | 6,059 |
| Australia | 562 | 1:48,035 | 6,004 |
| South Africa | 525 | 1:103,196 | 12,480 |
| Yemen | 429 | 1:61,597 | 4,595 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Scotland | 250 | 1:21,415 | 2,472 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Pakistan | 195 | 1:916,122 | 12,378 |
| New Zealand | 187 | 1:24,216 | 4,232 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| India | 119 | 1:6,445,928 | 147,141 |
| Wales | 105 | 1:29,472 | 3,021 |
| Israel | 97 | 1:88,223 | 10,433 |
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Brazil | 64 | 1:3,344,911 | 95,290 |
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Northern Ireland | 62 | 1:29,759 | 3,120 |
| Italy | 29 | 1:2,108,851 | 90,314 |
| Ireland | 26 | 1:181,113 | 7,791 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Montenegro | 4 | 1:159,891 | 5,521 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 47 | 1:94,252 | 6,181 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,027 | 1:12,025 | 1,827 |
| Scotland | 153 | 1:24,465 | 2,264 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,152 | 1:43,593 | 5,063 |
The alternate forms: Cornér (26), Cörner (4) & Córner (1) are calculated separately.
Corner (430) may also be a first name.
Corner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
There are three distinct origins of this surname: (1) a local, (3) an official, (3) an occupative origin.
(1) Local, 'of the corner,' compare Hearne and Wray.
John de la Cornere, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William de la Cornere, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
John atte Cornere, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Robert atte Cornere, 1307. Writs of Parliament.
Rand Corner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
(3) Official, 'the coroner,' corrupted to 'corner.'
Geoffrey Coronator, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Henry le Corouner, Suffolk, ibid.
John le Coroner, 1303. Writs of Parliament.
Richard Crowner, Close Rolls, 25 Henry VI.
(3) Occup. 'the corner,' i.e. a player on the horn, the Frenchcome. Cornet, the diminutive, is still a familiar instrument.
Johanna la Cornore, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Corner, Derbyshire, ibid.
William le Corner, London, ibid.
'Wiard le Corner, John le Harper, Roger le Trumper, and Thomas le Vielour were the King's Minstrels': Wardrobe Account, 3 Edward III.
John Coronare 1512, Lion Crovnar 1519, James Crownar 1512. Macbain (v, p. 62) says compare old designations 'de la Comer;' it may sometimes come from coroner, as John le Comer. Harrison says: (1) dweller at an angle or comer of land. (2) homblower, trumpeter, from French corneur. (3) from coroner, crown officer, e.g. John le Coroner. In HR. it is 'de la Cornere,' also Latinized in angulo.
(Anglo-French-Latin) 1 Dweller at an Angle of Land [Middle English cornere, Old French corniere; ult. from Latin cornu, horn, projection] Robert atte Cornere.—Parl. Writs.
2 Horn-Blower, Trumpeter [French corneur; from Latin cornu, horn] John le Corner.—Hundred Rolls 3 for Coroner; Crown-Officer [Anglo-French coroner; from Old French corone, Latin corona, a crown] John le Coroner.—Parl. Writs.
(English) Dweller at a nook of angle of land; a coroner or crown officer charged with the care of the private property of the king.
From residence at the corner of a street or highway. In the H.R., De la Cornere. It was latinized by in Angulo. In the second vol. of the Rolls it occurs as in Agglo five times (all with different Christian names,) as in Anglo 17, and as in Angulo 19 times. A less likely derivation is from Le Coruner and Coronator, a coroner. De Comer and Le Corner are also found in the H.R. See Nangle.
From Cornerd or Cornart. Hugh and Sampson Cornard or Cornart were of Normandy, 1180-95 (Mag. Rot. Scac.); Robert, Alexander, and John de Cornherd or Comer of England, 1199 (Palgr. Rot. Cur. Regis).
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Corner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Corner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Corner (Arabic: كورنر) occurs most in England. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Cornér, Cörner or Córner. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Corner? popularity and diffusion
The surname Corner is the 50,458th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 716,855 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 39 percent of Corner reside; 37 percent reside in Northern Europe and 37 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 413,955th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 430 people.
The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 3,279 people, or 1 in 16,992. In England it is most frequent in: North Yorkshire, where 13 percent are found, Durham, where 10 percent are found and Greater London, where 9 percent are found. Apart from England this surname is found in 82 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.
Corner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Corner has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Corner last name grew 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 206 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 553 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 45 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Corner Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (47%) in Ireland.
In The United States Corner are 15.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.69% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Corner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 3.87% less than the national average, earning R 228,444 per year; in United States they earn 3.83% less than the national average, earning $41,496 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.71% more than the national average, earning $54,012 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Corner Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Corner in the Arabic language | ||
| كورنر | kwrnr | - |
| رآن | ran | - |
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