Explore the Family Name Koral

The meaning of Koral

Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Polish koral ‘coral, coral bead’, applied as a nickname, a Jewish artificial name, or an occupational name for someone who worked or sold coral.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Koral has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Koral was ranked 45,308 and by 2010, it had dropped to 48,901, representing a change of -7.93. The number of occurrences of this surname also decreased from 445 in 2000 to 431 in 2010, a reduction of 3.15 percent. When considering its proportion per 100,000 people, the surname Koral also saw a decrease of 6.25 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,308	#48,901	-7.93%
Count	445	431	-3.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.15	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Koral

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the surname Koral identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. However, the percentage did see a slight decline from 96.85 percent in 2000 to 95.36 percent in 2010. The data also showed an emergence of Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races within the Koral surname group, having recorded no such ethnic identities in the year 2000. By 2010, 2.09 percent identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and 1.86 percent identified with two or more races. The percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic disappeared completely from 2000 to 2010, while there were no reported changes for Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native identities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.85%	95.36%	-1.54%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.09%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.86%	0%
Hispanic	1.35%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%