The Koerner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,928 people carried this name — #5,833 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 5,464 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Koerner surname

An occupational name for a grain dealer.

An occupational name from Middle High German korner, körner and Middle Low German korner (“grain dealer, keeper of a granary”); or a name of origin from the place name Körner, in Thuringia.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (de.wiktionary.org, the German edition) — entry «Körner», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from German and condensed.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 46 people named Koerner.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Bas-Rhin 16
Haut-Rhin 10
Moselle 5
Paris 5
Vosges 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Morbihan 1

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 24 people named Koerner 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 24

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

In print

Koerner in American newspapers,
1897–1925.

Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Koerner
Le Messager 1897-02-12
Newspaper page from The Carbon County News carrying the name Koerner
The Carbon County News 1925-07-23
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Koerner
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-11-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,174 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Koerner in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1980s.

708 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Koerner. The most, 127, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 6.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 494
New South Wales 121
Victoria 29
ACT (Canberra) 22
Queensland 19
Western Australia 15
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Koerner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gustav Koerner
    Gustav Koerner 1809–1896 · judge
  • Gustav Koerner
    Gustav Koerner 1809–1896 · judge
  • Sophie Engelmann
    Sophie Engelmann 1815–1888
  • Sophie Engelmann
    Sophie Engelmann 1815–1888
  • Susan Catherine Koerner Wright
    Susan Catherine Koerner Wright 1831–1889 · homemaker
  • Moses ben Eliezer Phoebus Koerner 1762–1836

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Koerner,
in the records of 7 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 States1,713 records

1,713 records of the Koerner name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 657
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 592
  • Other U.S. records 464
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Otto A. Koerner

    Born 1915 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Springfield; farmer from Hampden County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Paucatuck Cemetery, West Springfield, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Theodor Koerner

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Deutschland from Hamburg, aged 40; merchant. From Hamburg, Peru; bound for St. Louis.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Frank Michael Koerner

    Born 1950; from Wheeling, West Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,713 records for Koerner in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany37 records

37 records of the Koerner name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 33
  • German emigration and citizenship files 4
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Erich Koerner

    From Breslau. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 16 January 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Anna Koerner

    Left Treppendorf for the United States in 1857.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Bamberg (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Gustav Julius Koerner

    Emigrated to St. Petersburg, Russia in 1822.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)

Showing 3 of 37 records for Koerner in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Australia25 records

25 records of the Koerner name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 20
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Other Australian records 3
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Carl F. Koerner

    Civil servant of Hawthorn, Victoria; died 1951.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl Koerner

    Arrived in Victoria in 1892 aboard the Habsburg, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George W. H. Koerner

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1868.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 25 records for Koerner in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France23 records

23 records of the Koerner 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 Lucie Koerner

    Born 1904 in Mutzenhouse; died 1999 in Bischwiller (Bas-Rhin).

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

    Born 1910 in Paris; died 1988 in Remiremont (Vosges).

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

    Born 1980 in Creutzwald; died 1998 in Porcelette (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Koerner 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).

Netherlands11 records

11 records of the Koerner name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 8
  • Dutch population registers 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Petrus Hubertus Koerner

    Married in 1915 in Roermond; shoemaker.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Gertrud Martha Koerner

    Died 1918 in Rotterdam, aged 25.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register George Koerner

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1882 in Brooklijn.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Koerner in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Koerner name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Bernard Koerner

    Died in service in 1919.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Koerner name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Roland Theod Gotthold Koerner

    Born 1898 in Chemnitz; "reaalikoululainen". Died in 1918 in Hausjärvi, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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