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 1
Cambridgeshire 159
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 9
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 10
Devon 15
Dorset 0
Durham 38
Essex 475
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 23
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 54
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 38
Lancashire 55
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 18
London 489
Middlesex 55
Northumberland 13
Norfolk 52
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 243
Somerset 11
Surrey 18
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 12
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 50

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 364
Agricultural Labourer 127
Domestic Servant 31
Labourer 30
Farm Labourer 22
Dress Maker 17
General Labourer 17
Laundress 16
Servant 12
Charwoman 11
General Servant 11
Cook 10
House Keeper 10
Boot Maker 8
Gardener 8
Coal Miner 8
General Servant Domestic 7
Tailor 7
Brush Maker 6
Cook Domestic Servant 6
Warehouseman 6
Basket Maker 6
Annuitant 5
Nurse 5
Farm Servant Indoor 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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