Korn is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Korn
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Name worn in Moselle. Probably by metonymy the nickname of a grain merchant (German Korn = grain, wheat, cereals). Same effect with Korner names, Kornemann, Kornmann.

How popular is Korn?

Korn is common in Germany.

Korn is ranked 14601 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Korn bearers increased by 2.13964 per cent in 2010 US census to 5442 since 2000, the surname slipped by 331 spots and ranked at 6278. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.23 94.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.95 1.76
Hispanic or Latino 2.63 1.35
Others 1.12 1.11
Black 0.64 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.41
Korn is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Cambodia is ahead in terms of density. Around 36103 people have been found who wears Korn as their family name. Korn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
39,450 Moldova8
5,340 Iceland6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
8,438 China5
1,334 Marshall Islands5
1,632 South Korea5
19,452 Malaysia3
15,749 Finland3
14,193 Egypt3
2,967 Vietnam3
31,767 Greece2
41,879 Turkey2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
12,161 Wales2
21,929 Algeria2
6,103 Cyprus2
14,621 Croatia2
1,256 Myanmar2
11,736 Lithuania2
28,083 Romania2
54,135 Philippines2
9,185 Hong Kong2
14,004 Hungary2
5,671 Guatemala2
15,999 Slovakia2
4,942 Libya1
8,181 Botswana1
29,046 Japan1
717 Bhutan1
16,228 Bulgaria1
37,779 Serbia1
6,033 Benin1
123,175 Tanzania1
10,958 Bangladesh1
10,190 Bahrain1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
11,923 Slovenia1
6,212 Jamaica1
15,162 Costa Rica1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
17,236 Ghana1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
14,644 Tunisia1
3,586 Honduras1
7,314 Bolivia1
573 Vanuatu1
9,591 Panama1
17,768 Pakistan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
19,533 Uruguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,791 Spain49
9,524 Portugal37
12,692 Scotland33
23,443 Norway26
21,268 New Zealand21
32,484 Kyrgyzstan16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
21,943 Czech Republic74
9,137 Denmark64
16,052 Sweden58
237,542 India53
Countries with hundreds of Korn:
1,168 Austria760
1,502 Israel742
7,257 Argentina732
12,921 France723
121 Thailand688
9,170 Poland668
9,744 Ukraine586
11,889 England516
10,900 Morocco470
6,729 Australia429
14,022 Mexico288
13,943 Canada270
631 Estonia260
5,328 Chile189
15,032 Kazakhstan176
6,960 Switzerland171
18,144 Netherlands151
35,546 South Africa146
11,040 Belarus136
56,111 Italy123
2,910 Latvia117
12,632 Peru114
16,921 Belgium104
Countries with thousands of Korn:
5,414 United States7,304
416 Cambodia6,058
11,926 Russia1,504
13,264 Brazil1,018
Countries with ten thousands of Korn:
602 Germany11,028
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old mason James Korn who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on April 25, 1850 by Emigrant put out from Liverpool.

Comments

N
Norberto Campanelli
Korn is a name of Alsace-Lorraine and-means grain, was appointed by the ellipse grain merchant.

Korn Namesakes

    Alejandro Korn, Argentine doctor, psychiatrist, philosopher, reformer, teacher and politician
  • Abram Korn, Author
  • Agata Kornhauser-Duda, Andrzej Duda's wife
  • Jack Kornfield, Author
  • Joseph Kornhäusel, Architect
  • Alejandro Korn, Physician
  • Alejandro Korn, Physician
  • Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Olympic athlete
  • Alexey Korneyev, Soccer player
  • Alexis Korner, Musician
  • Herbert Körner, Cinematographer
  • In 2010 horror flick, Black Sand, Tommy Korn portrayed Rex.
  • Sabrina Korn played the significant role of N in 2007 drama flick El hombre robado.

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