Corson
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɔɹsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Corson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kirkcudbrights and. see Carson . 2 English: (i) mainly a variant of Curzon . (ii) alternatively perhaps sometimes a variant of Corston .
- USUnited States1 in 63K(measured from records)
- BEBelgium1 in 2M
- CRCosta Rica1 in 2.5M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 60 (measured from records)
- 1 in 63K (inferred from the name graph)
5,268 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Kirkcudbrights and. see Carson . 2 English: (i) mainly a variant of Curzon . (ii) alternatively perhaps sometimes a variant of Corston .
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Where in the world(measured from records)
Corson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 5,268 | 1 in 63K | 5.3K | Corson | 60 |
| BE Belgium | 6 | 1 in 2M | 6 | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | 2 | 1 in 2.5M | 2 | — | 3 |
| AR Argentina | — | — | — | Corson | 8 |
| BR Brazil | — | — | — | Corson | 9 |
| HN Honduras | — | — | — | Corson | 1 |
| PA Panama | — | — | — | Corson | 6 |
5,268 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dighton Corsonb. 1827USAmerican politician (1827-1915)
- Hiram Corsonb. 1828USAmerican professor of literature (1828–1911)
- George Corsonb. 1829GBBritish architect
- James Corsonb. 1906USAmerican discus thrower (1906-1981)
- William Corsonb. 1909USFilm, actor (1909-1981)
- Dale R. Corsonb. 1914USAmerican scientist (1914–2012)
- Marilyn Corsonb. 1950CACanadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist
- Corinne Corsonb. 1957FRFrench actress
- Shayne Corsonb. 1966CACanadian hockey player
- John Zandigb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.3K | #6,446 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.2K | #6,090 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5K | #6,563 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 6 | #90,675 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 2 | #13,502 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Corson mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Kirkcudbrights and. see Carson . 2 English: (i) mainly a variant of Curzon . (ii) alternatively perhaps sometimes a variant of Corston . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Corson?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɔɹsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Corson have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 5.3 thousand people named Corson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled corson.
- Where is Corson most common?
- Corson is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 63 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Corson?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,268 people named Corson in 2010, about 1 in 63 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/corsonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Corson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.