Cornelessen Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Cornelessen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cornelessen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa811:668,86148,796
England11:55,718,059489,080

Cornelessen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cornelessen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cornelessen occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cornelessen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cornelessen is the 2,075,631st most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Cornelessen reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 668,861. In South Africa Cornelessen is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 84 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent are found and Western Cape, where 4 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found.

Cornelessen Last Name Statistics demography

Cornelessen earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.24% more than the national average, earning R 352,284 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cornelessen
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