Find out how popular the last name Cormier is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Cormier.

Cormier, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Cormier surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cormier in America

Cormier is the 2081st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cormier surname appeared 17,377 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 people would have the surname Cormier.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cormier to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Cormier

The surname Cormier has its origins in France, dating back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old French word "cormier," which means "wild cherry tree." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near or worked with wild cherry trees.

The earliest recorded instances of the Cormier surname can be found in various historical documents from the 13th and 14th centuries in northern France, particularly in the regions of Normandy and Brittany. Some of these early records include the Livre des Bourgeois de Rouen from 1292, which mentions a Nicolas Cormier, and the Registres des Paroisses de Bretagne from the late 14th century, listing several individuals with the surname Cormier.

One notable historical figure bearing the Cormier name was Jean Cormier, a French merchant and explorer who was born in Bordeaux in the late 15th century. He is known for his travels to the New World, where he established trade routes and settlements along the eastern coast of Canada.

Another prominent figure was Jacques Cormier, a French mathematician and astronomer born in Poitiers in 1592. He made significant contributions to the field of celestial mechanics and published several influential works, including "Traité de l'Astronomie" in 1635.

In the 17th century, a branch of the Cormier family emigrated to Acadia (present-day eastern Canada and parts of the United States). One of the earliest recorded Acadian Cormiers was Étienne Cormier, who was born in Port-Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) in 1657.

As the Cormier surname spread throughout France and its colonies, variations in spelling emerged, including Cormière, Cormières, and Cormyers. The name was also found in various place names, such as Cormier-le-Vieux and Cormiers, villages in the French regions of Sarthe and Mayenne, respectively.

Other notable individuals with the Cormier surname include Marie-Anne Cormier (1755-1835), a Canadian Acadian farmer and businesswoman; François Cormier (1835-1916), a French-Canadian politician and lawyer; and André Cormier (1924-2013), a French-Canadian actor and filmmaker.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cormier

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Cormier.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Cormier was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Cormier has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Cormier was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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