Explore the Family Name Coren

The meaning of Coren

1. Americanized form of Jewish, Dutch, Norwegian, Croatian, and Slovenian Koren, Slovak Koreň, and Czech Kořen. This is also an Italianized form of the Croatian and Slovenian name. 2. Slovenian: variant of Corn. This surname is very rare in Slovenia. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Gershon, Mayer, Toba.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Coren saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Coren ranked 37,938 in terms of popularity and had a count of 550 individuals bearing the surname. By 2010, the rank of the surname had fallen to 41,501 and the count had decreased to 524—a change of -9.39% and -4.73% respectively. The proportion of people with the Coren surname per 100k also declined by 10%, from 0.2 in 2000 to 0.18 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,938	#41,501	-9.39%
Count	550	524	-4.73%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.18	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Coren

Ethnic identity distribution for the surname Coren underwent some changes between 2000 to 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased slightly from 86.55% in 2000 to 83.21% in 2010. In contrast, those identifying as Hispanic and Black saw increases of 57.25% and 22.72% respectively—their proportions rising from 2.55% to 4.01% for Hispanics, and from 9.64% to 11.83% for Blacks. There was no recorded change for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities, remaining at 0.00%. Those identifying with two or more races dropped to 0 in 2010 from a previous 1.27%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.55%	83.21%	-3.86%
Black	9.64%	11.83%	22.72%
Hispanic	2.55%	4.01%	57.25%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.27%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%