Corbett
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”), probably a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion.
Proper noun
[edit]Corbett (countable and uncountable, plural Corbetts)
- A surname from Anglo-Norman.
- A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.
- A ghost town in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Corbett is the 1346th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26246 individuals. Corbett is most common among White (80.45%) and Black/African American (14.81%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Corbett”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 366.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Anglo-Norman
- en:Villages in New York, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Ghost towns in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oregon, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Oregon, USA