The Corso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,798 people carried this name — #6,984 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,766 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Corso surname
From a short form of Accorso or Bonaccorso.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Corso» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,022 people named Corso 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 398 people named Corso.
Most of them — 238 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Var.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
138 people named Corso live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Corso live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Corso in American newspapers,
1914–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,475 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Corso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rino Corso Fougier 1894–1963 · politician -
Rino Corso Fougier 1894–1963 · politician
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Niccolò Corso 1446–1513 · painter
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Rinaldo Corso 1525–1582 · Catholic bishop
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Raffaele Corso 1885–1965 · ethnologist
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Raffaele Corso 1885–1965 · ethnologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Corso.
- Corrion 164 · U.S. census
- Corron 500 · U.S. census
- Cors 179 · U.S. census
- Corsetti 813 · U.S. census
- Corsi 2,035 · U.S. census
- Corsini 667 · U.S. census
- Corson 5,268 · U.S. census
- Corte 747 · U.S. census
- Cortes 46,229 · U.S. census
- Cortese 4,221 · U.S. census
- Cortesi 183 · U.S. census
- Corteville 159 · U.S. census
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