Cornell

Cornell is the 1,762nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 19,884 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 15,000.

By the numbers

People: 19,884
Rank: 1,762nd
How common: 1 in 15,000
Per 100,000: 6.7

Where the name comes from

From Cornwall, spelling conflated with the Latin family name Cornelius.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Cornell described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 86.1%
Black, not Hispanic 4.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Cornell

Eric Allin Cornell (born 1961)American physicist, professor
Chris Cornell (1964–2017)American musician
Joseph Cornell (1903–1972)American artist and filmmaker
Katharine Cornell (1893–1974)American actress, theatre manager and producer
Ezra Cornell (1807–1874)American businessman
Ellie Cornell (born 1963)American actress
David Cornell (born 1991)British footballer
Don Cornell (1919–2004)American singer

People named Cornell with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Cornell

Also a first name

Cornell has been given to 11,695 American babies as a first name since 1890, peaking in 1962. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.