Explore the Family Name Corpe

The meaning of Corpe

English: variant of Corp.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Corpe has slightly decreased in the United States from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Corpe was ranked as the 65,133rd most popular surname, but by 2010 it had slipped to the 65,593rd rank – a minor decrease of 0.71%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the surname Corpe increased by 5.96%, from 285 people in 2000 to 302 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased slightly during this period, from 0.11 to 0.10, marking a decrease of 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#65,133	#65,593	-0.71%
Count	285	302	5.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Corpe

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Corpe also experienced some shifts between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 94.74% of those with the Corpe surname identified as White, increasing marginally to 95.03% in 2010. During the same ten-year period, there was a notable change in the percentage of individuals identifying their ethnicity as Asian/Pacific Islander or as two or more races. In 2000, no individuals with the Corpe surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islanders, while this number was 1.66% in 2010. Conversely, those identifying with two or more races decreased by almost half, from 3.16% in 2000 to 1.66% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of individuals with the Corpe surname identifying as Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.74%	95.03%	0.31%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.66%	0%
Two or More Races	3.16%	1.66%	-47.47%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%