The Cora surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,970 people carried this name — #14,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 17% from 1,681 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,006 people named Cora live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
354 people named Cora have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 384 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Cora.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Cora in American newspapers,
1879–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 915,610 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cora,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joey Cora 1965– · baseball player -
Secundino Cora García d. 1892 · poet
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Belle Cora 1827–1862 · businessperson
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Belle Cora 1832–1862 · businessperson
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Guido Cora 1851–1917 · geographer
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Giuliano Cora 1884–1968 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cora.
- Coppi 227 · U.S. census
- Coppin 1,124 · U.S. census
- Coppo 196 · U.S. census
- Coppola 8,676 · U.S. census
- Coquillard 105 · U.S. census
- Cor 246 · U.S. census
- Coral 863 · U.S. census
- Corallo 579 · U.S. census
- Corazza 290 · U.S. census
- Corazzi 100 · U.S. census
- Corazzini 193 · U.S. census
- Corban 506 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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