The Korner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 527 people carried this name — #41,303 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 6% from 562 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
569 people named Korner live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Korner.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
41 people named Korner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 99 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 27 people named Korner 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
386 people named Korner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Korner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leopoldine Korner 1858–1926 · stage actor -
Hermannus Korner 1365–1438 · writer
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Esaias Körner 1565–1661 · jurist
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Balthasar Körner 1589–1639 · physician
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Balthasar Körner 1589–1639 · physician
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Zacharias Korner 1849–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Korner.
- Koralewski 328 · U.S. census
- Korb 2,287 · U.S. census
- Korczak 272 · U.S. census
- Korkmaz 222 · U.S. census
- Kormann 186 · U.S. census
- Korn 5,442 · U.S. census
- Kornmann 180 · U.S. census
- Kos 1,669 · U.S. census
- Koscher 136 · U.S. census
- Koscielniak 508 · U.S. census
- Koscielny 178 · U.S. census
- Kosinski 2,646 · U.S. census
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