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 183
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 1
Devon 26
Dorset 7
Durham 15
Essex 409
Gloucestershire 33
Hampshire 24
Herefordshire 13
Hertfordshire 22
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 8
Kent 25
Lancashire 91
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 5
London 509
Middlesex 37
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 38
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 235
Somerset 26
Surrey 16
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 17
Warwickshire 27
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 69

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 8
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 8
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 29
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 338
Agricultural Labourer 158
Labourer 39
General Servant 24
Domestic Servant 22
Braider Straw 14
Servant 11
House Keeper 11
Shoe Maker 10
Dress Maker 10
Farm Labourer 8
Gardener 8
Annuitant 8
Clerk 8
House Maid 7
Carpenter 7
Laundress 7
Boot Maker 6
Brick Layer 6
Errand Boy 6
Seamstress 6
Cotton Weaver 6
Farmers Son 6
Bricklayer Labourer 5
Basket Maker 5

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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