Korn Surname
Approximately 42,723 people bear this surname
Korn Surname Definition:
(German) One who grew and sold corn or grain.
Korn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15,947 | 1:5,048 | 604 |
| Myanmar | 13,136 | 1:3,954 | 177 |
| United States | 7,990 | 1:45,364 | 5,536 |
| Russia | 812 | 1:177,491 | 19,966 |
| Austria | 620 | 1:13,735 | 1,995 |
| Australia | 465 | 1:58,055 | 7,063 |
| Poland | 404 | 1:94,081 | 14,432 |
| France | 310 | 1:214,267 | 33,331 |
| England | 282 | 1:197,582 | 17,327 |
| Canada | 246 | 1:149,779 | 15,288 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Brazil | 214 | 1:1,000,347 | 35,401 |
| Thailand | 189 | 1:373,748 | 65,615 |
| Netherlands | 171 | 1:98,755 | 16,062 |
| Argentina | 154 | 1:277,555 | 22,327 |
| Kazakhstan | 147 | 1:120,289 | 12,740 |
| Switzerland | 108 | 1:76,046 | 8,868 |
| Cambodia | 95 | 1:163,023 | 2,837 |
| Belarus | 94 | 1:101,075 | 15,367 |
| Hungary | 85 | 1:115,486 | 10,942 |
| Estonia | 84 | 1:15,736 | 2,567 |
| Ukraine | 78 | 1:583,624 | 64,418 |
| Latvia | 67 | 1:30,598 | 4,691 |
| Czechia | 66 | 1:161,113 | 24,575 |
| Sweden | 64 | 1:153,856 | 10,752 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Chile | 49 | 1:359,520 | 9,978 |
| Denmark | 49 | 1:115,198 | 10,655 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Romania | 43 | 1:466,927 | 36,259 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Taiwan | 36 | 1:651,243 | 4,752 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 1:10,364 | 1,309 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 38 | 1:641,457 | 31,575 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 904 | 1:55,552 | 6,225 |
The alternate forms: Körn (140) are calculated separately.
Korn (4,599) may also be a first name.
Korn Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who grew and sold corn or grain.
(from an ancestor's occupation) or (from a priestly or Levite lineage) Korn is the German word for “grain” and this may indicate a grain dealer. But many of the Jewish family names that contain the element Korn (or Com) are really disguised forms for Kohen (Cohen). See Cornfeld.
Korn Demographics
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Korn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Korn (Marathi: कोरण, Russian: Корн) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Körn. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korn? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,121st most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 170,577 people. Korn is mostly found in Europe, where 45 percent of Korn are found; 40 percent are found in Western Europe and 39 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Korn is also the 101,226th most common first name internationally, held by 4,599 people.
Korn is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 15,947 people, or 1 in 5,048. In Germany Korn is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 18 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside and Hesse, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 101 countries. It is also common in Myanmar, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.
Korn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Korn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Korn surname expanded 884 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 742 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Korn Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (65%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Korn surname are 5.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.21% being registered with the party.
The amount Korn earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 57.3% more than the national average, earning €47,238 per year; in Norway they earn 52.87% more than the national average, earning 529,056 kr per year; in Peru they earn 616.97% more than the national average, earning S/. 138,985 per year; in United States they earn 19.29% more than the national average, earning $51,472 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.96% more than the national average, earning $61,092 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korn in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरण | korana | - |
| Korn in the Russian language | ||
| Корн | korn | - |
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