The Coria surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,625 people carried this name — #6,098 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 52% from 3,706 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 51,303 people named Coria 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 18,636
Santiago del Estero 7,184
Santa Fe 4,802
Mendoza 3,832
Córdoba 3,285
Chaco 2,150
City of Buenos Aires 1,660
San Luis 1,556

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 34 people named Coria.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Hérault.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Hérault 13
Doubs 6
Loire 2
Moselle 2
Yonne 1
Var 1
Yvelines 1
Paris 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Coria live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Fribourg 8
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4
St. Gallen 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

Coria in American newspapers,
1907–1922.

Newspaper page from The Paducah Evening Sun carrying the name Coria
The Paducah Evening Sun 1907-09-26
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Coria
La Prensa 1922-02-17
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Coria
La Prensa 1921-07-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,407 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Coria in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

118 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Coria. The most, 22, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 34
New South Wales 32
Queensland 14
Tasmania 12
Western Australia 7
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Coria.

Who carried it

People named Coria,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gabino Coria Peñaloza 1881–1975 · writer
  • Miguel Ángel Coria Varela 1937–2016 · composer
  • Petra 1937–2024 · colorist

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

In the public record

People named Coria,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States117 records

117 records of the Coria name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Giuseppe Coria

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Citta di Genova from Naples, aged 35; farm laborer. From Pozzallo, Ragusa, Italy; bound for Brooklyn.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Benjamin Coria

    Born 1919 in Mexico. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; driver from Los Angeles County, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Tiburcio Coria

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1900, died 1953; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 117 records for Coria in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France12 records

12 records of the Coria name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Albert Coria

    Born 1937 in Spain; died 2000 in Moulins (Allier).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gabrielle Marguerite Coria

    Born 1915 in Vermondans; died 1996 in Montbéliard (Doubs).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacques Rene Victor Coria

    Born 1940 in Montpellier; died 1978 in Vendargues (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Coria in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Coria name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hermina Sebastiana Coria

    Died 1962 in Kerkrade, aged 45.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elisabet Coria

    Buried in 1768 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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