Explore the Family Name Corbit

The meaning of Corbit

Scottish: variant of Corbett. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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How common is the last name Corbit in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Corbit" has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, it ranked as the 29,325th most common surname in the United States and dropped to the 30,303rd position in 2010 — a decline of 3.34 percent. However, despite the drop in ranking, the count of individuals with this surname increased slightly from 760 in 2000 to 772 in 2010, an increase of 1.58 percent. The proportion of people named Corbit per 100,000 population also decreased by 7.14 percent during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,325	#30,303	-3.34%
Count	760	772	1.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.26	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Corbit

The distribution of the Corbit surname across different ethnicities also shifted between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (87.50 percent). This figure decreased slightly to 85.62 percent in 2010. In contrast, the percentage of Hispanics and Blacks with the surname saw increases of 19.57 percent and 15.50 percent respectively. While the surname was not reported among Asian/Pacific Islanders and American Indians and Alaskan Natives in 2000, by 2010, 0.65 percent of its bearers were Asian/Pacific Islanders and 1.55 percent were American Indian or Alaskan Native. However, the percentage of individuals with two or more ethnic identities decreased by 7.59 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.5%	85.62%	-2.15%
Black	6.84%	7.9%	15.5%
Hispanic	1.84%	2.2%	19.57%
Two or More Races	2.24%	2.07%	-7.59%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.55%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.65%	0%