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 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 66
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 0
Devon 19
Dorset 0
Durham 15
Essex 415
Gloucestershire 18
Hampshire 11
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 57
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 31
Kent 46
Lancashire 55
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 0
London 358
Middlesex 25
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 29
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 176
Somerset 0
Surrey 14
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 19
Warwickshire 32
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 35
Yorkshire 42

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 8
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cornell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cornell family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 227
Agricultural Labourer 123
Labourer 32
House Servant 15
Ag Labourer 15
Laundress 14
Shoe Maker 14
Dress Maker 13
Servant 9
Tailor 9
Cotton Weaver 9
House Keeper 8
General Servant 7
Agricultural Labourer Wife 7
Wife Of Above 7
Blacksmith 6
Carpenter 6
Green Grocer 5
Nurse 5
Pupil 5
Groom 4
Cook 4
Dock Labourer 4
Farmer 4
Fund Holder 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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