The Corson surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,268 people carried this name — #6,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,200 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 222 people named Corson.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
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 print
Corson in American newspapers,
1906–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 84,660 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Corson,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dighton Corson 1827–1915 · judge -
Hiram Corson 1828–1911 · writer -
George Corson 1829–1910 · architect -
Joseph K. Corson 1836–1913 -
Juliet Corson 1841–1897 · librarian -
Oscar Taylor Corson 1857–1928 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Corson.
- 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
- Corso 4,798 · 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
- Cortez 101,694 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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