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 9
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 150
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 12
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 8
Devon 29
Dorset 5
Durham 80
Essex 584
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 45
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 0
Kent 50
Lancashire 114
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 19
London 604
Middlesex 129
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 31
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 35
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 202
Somerset 17
Surrey 57
Sussex 21
Staffordshire 11
Warwickshire 38
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 29
Yorkshire 99

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 36
Living On Own Means 25
Agricultural Labourer 23
General Servant Domestic 19
Cook Domestic 17
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 13
Bricklayer 12
Domestic Servant 12
Dress Maker 12
Scholar 12
House Maid Domestic 10
Bricklayer Labourer 9
House Keeper 9
Laundress Wash 9
Coal Miner Hewer 9
Carpenter 8
At School 8
Brick Layer 7
Gardener Domestic 7
Farmer 7
Domestic 6
Dressmaker 6
Laundress 6
Nurse Domestic 6
Farm Labourer 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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