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 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 173
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 17
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 0
Devon 38
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 422
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 36
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 7
Kent 33
Lancashire 55
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 256
Middlesex 15
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 28
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 223
Somerset 0
Surrey 8
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 11
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 14
Yorkshire 22

Wales

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

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 153
Female Servant 48
Labourer 25
Farmer 23
Independent 14
Male Servant 14
Shoe Maker 11
Ag Labourer 10
Tailor 7
Cotton Weaver 6
Servant 6
Carpenter 5
Laundress 5
Weaver 5
Butcher 4
Independant 4
Baker 4
Clerk 4
Dress Maker 4
Apprentice 3
Labourer Agent 3
Milliner 3
Smith 3
Pupil 3
Brick Maker 3

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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