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 3
Cambridgeshire 126
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 0
Devon 21
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 413
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 37
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 4
Kent 37
Lancashire 32
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 6
London 254
Middlesex 14
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 26
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 20
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 169
Somerset 2
Surrey 6
Sussex 6
Staffordshire 10
Warwickshire 17
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 26

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 154
Agricultural Labourer 129
House Servant 29
At Home 23
Labourer 21
Farm Labourer 18
Dress Maker 14
Servant 10
Tailor 10
Laundress 9
Pauper 9
Farmers Labourer 8
Gardener 7
Groom 6
Carpenter 6
Straw Plaiter 6
Annuitant 5
Errand Boy 5
House Keeper 5
Baker 5
Shoe Maker 5
No Occupation 5
Ag Lab 4
Basket Maker Employing 1 Man 4
Farm Bailiff 4

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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