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The Corbin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,876 people carried this name — #1,307 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 25,696 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Corbin surname

An English surname from Anglo-Norman.

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Corbin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,349 people named Corbin.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Sarthe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Sarthe 541
Paris 201
Manche 197
Ille-et-Vilaine 132
Mayenne 101
Calvados 100
Loire-Atlantique 100
Côtes-d’Armor 77

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

32 people named Corbin live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 19
Vaud 10
Valais 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Corbin in American newspapers,
1869–1920.

Newspaper page from The State Rights Democrat carrying the name Corbin
The State Rights Democrat 1869-11-19
Newspaper page from Memphis Daily Appeal carrying the name Corbin
Memphis Daily Appeal 1870-03-06
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Corbin
The Telegraph-courier 1920-04-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 194,039 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Corbin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Laetitia Corbin
    Laetitia Corbin 1657–1706
  • Emily Hinds Corbin d. 1958
  • Elizabeth Clare Leach d. 1990
  • Ella Lilian Sully d. 1986
  • Jacques Corbin 1580–1653 · poet
  • Henry Corbin 1629–1676

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Corbin.

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