Last Name CORSE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning A fen, a wet meadow. Carse, Armoric and Gaelic, a level tract of fertile land.
Origin Welsh, Dutch, Danish, Irish

Rank 37,480 (2000 US census) 29,158 (1990 US census)
Count 559 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.34%, or 505 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.29%, or 24 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.4%, or 19 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.61%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

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Shortest last names

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Surnames that make great first names

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