Corbett Family History
Corbett Name Meaning
English (Shropshire; of Norman origin): nickname meaning
‘little crow’, ‘raven’, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English
corbet, a diminutive of corb, alluding probably to
someone with dark hair or a dark complexion. adm The name was taken
from Shropshire to Scotland in the 12th century and to northern
Ireland in the 17th century, and thence to North America by one group
of bearers of the name.Irish: see Corban.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Corbett Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Corbett families
 254 - 506  85 - 253 |
 1 - 84  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Corbett families
|
343 - 684 115 - 342 |
1 - 114 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Corbett families
|
145 - 287 49 - 144 |
1 - 48 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Corbett Family Origin
Corbett Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Corbett
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Corbett Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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