Corio

See also: corio and cório

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Corio.

Proper noun

Corio (countable and uncountable, plural Corios)

1. A surname from Italian.
2. A comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
3. A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia; derived from Aboriginal coraiyo.
4. An electoral division in Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Corio is the 36379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Corio is most common among White (84.23%) and Hispanic/Latino (11.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Corio”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 368.

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Corio f

1. A town in Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Proper noun

Corio m or f by sense

1. a surname