How common is the last name Cornell?

19,884 people in the United States have the last name Cornell, about 1 in 15,032. It ranks #1,762 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CORNELL

#1,762

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,884
About
1 in 15,032
This common or more
46.3%
Who bears it

Of the 19,884 people with the last name Cornell, 86.1% reported their origin as White, 4.7% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cornell

#1,760 Holliday · 19,927#1,760 Rai · 19,927#1,763 Araujo · 19,837#1,764 Tripp · 19,818

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,030 Cornwell · 11,574#4,431 Coronel · 7,760#11,547 Cornelio · 2,604#11,793 Cornwall · 2,540#25,619 Corniel · 1,009#52,071 Cornely · 431#60,172 Cornella · 362#64,360 Cornelia · 334

Also a first name

As a first name, Cornell ranks #3,190 of 53,615, with 6,794 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1962, with 247 births. See Cornell as a first name

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