Kornegay

English

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Kornegger.

Proper noun

Kornegay (countable and uncountable, plural Kornegays)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kornegay is the 7116^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4702 individuals. Kornegay is most common among White (49.57%) and Black/African American (46.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kornegay”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 339.