How common is the last name Cornelius?

19,242 people in the United States have the last name Cornelius, about 1 in 15,534. It ranks #1,828 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CORNELIUS

#1,828

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,242
About
1 in 15,534
This common or more
46.7%
Who bears it

Of the 19,242 people with the last name Cornelius, 69.9% reported their origin as White, 18.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cornelius

#1,826 Roper · 19,255#1,827 Negron · 19,249#1,829 Farr · 19,233#1,830 Olivas · 19,217

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cornelius, most common first.

#11,547 Cornelio · 2,604#28,830 Cornelious · 878#64,360 Cornelia · 334#96,193 Cornelis · 203#105,198 Corneliusen · 181#121,931 Cornelisse · 149

Also a first name

As a first name, Cornelius ranks #1,730 of 53,615, with 17,595 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1974, with 498 births. See Cornelius as a first name

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