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 2
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 194
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 10
Devon 9
Dorset 0
Durham 92
Essex 686
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 47
Herefordshire 7
Hertfordshire 47
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 0
Kent 61
Lancashire 41
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 19
London 597
Middlesex 177
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 37
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 37
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 9
Suffolk 176
Somerset 18
Surrey 92
Sussex 39
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 17
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 16
Yorkshire 86

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
School 238
Farm Labourer 53
None 19
Domestic Servant 14
General Labourer 13
Labourer 13
Bricklayer 12
General Servant (domestic) 12
Cook Domestic 10
Dressmaker 10
Coal Miner Hewer 10
Housemaid (domestic) 9
At School 8
Baker 8
Carman 8
Cook (domestic) 8
Gardener Domestic 8
House Keeper 8
General Servant Domestic 8
Labourer On Farm 8
Carpenter 7
Farmer 7
House Painter 7
Private Means 7
Old Age Pensioner 7

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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