Cornell Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 126
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 26
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 27
Dorset 1
Durham 64
Essex 433
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 44
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 12
Kent 41
Lancashire 206
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 28
London 563
Middlesex 63
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 51
Northamptonshire 17
Nottinghamshire 9
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 197
Somerset 21
Surrey 40
Sussex 21
Staffordshire 43
Warwickshire 22
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 23
Yorkshire 109

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 339
Agricultural Labourer 84
General Labourer 38
Domestic Servant 25
Labourer 23
Dress Maker 18
Farm Labourer 18
Living On Own Means 17
Coal Miner 14
Tailoress 14
General Servant 13
Gardener 12
Laundress 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Carman 11
House Keeper 11
Clerk 10
Nil 9
Brick Layer 8
Living On Her Own Means 8
Grocer 6
Groom 6
Cook Domestic Servant 6
Cook 6
Dressmaker 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Cornell

Name Census Frequency
William Cornell 999
Mary Cornell 965
John Cornell 820
Elizabeth Cornell 551
Sarah Cornell 540
James Cornell 538
George Cornell 512
Thomas Cornell 436
Charles Cornell 433
Eliza Cornell 314
Frederick Cornell 290
Ann Cornell 263
Ellen Cornell 261
Emma Cornell 261
Jane Cornell 238
Alfred Cornell 234
Henry Cornell 234
Edward Cornell 222
Joseph Cornell 219
Alice Cornell 217
Arthur Cornell 195
Emily Cornell 174
Annie Cornell 171
Margaret Cornell 149
Robert Cornell 146

Cornell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cornell 100% 15,575
2 Carnell 86% 7,822
3 Carnall 71% 4,379
4 Cornall 86% 4,148
5 Cornel 86% 299
6 Carnill 71% 208
7 Cornal 71% 198
8 Cornill 86% 144
9 Curnell 86% 124
10 Cornnell 88% 112

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The surname Cornell is the most popular version of all its varients

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