Cornelissen Surname

36,381st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Cornelissen Surname User-submission:

Cornelisse is a Dutch surname meaning 'son of Cornelis'.

Cornelis is derived from the Roman (Latin) name Cornelius, which came from the Latin word horn.

This makes Cornelisse roughly mean 'son of someone who played the horn'.

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Cornelissen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7,8031:2,164142
South Africa2,8561:18,9702,397
Belgium1,9701:5,836713
Germany7581:106,20813,118
United States3391:1,069,20077,954
Australia1981:136,34214,722
Canada1331:277,03525,971
France1001:664,22785,408
England941:592,74535,632
New Zealand811:55,9058,836
Thailand351:2,018,238239,646
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Namibia261:92,6698,353
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Cornélissen (2) are calculated separately.

Cornelissen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Cornelisse is a Dutch surname meaning 'son of Cornelis'.

Cornelis is derived from the Roman (Latin) name Cornelius, which came from the Latin word horn.

This makes Cornelisse roughly mean 'son of someone who played the horn'.

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Cornelissen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cornelissen is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be found in the variant forms: Cornélissen. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cornelissen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 36,381st most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 502,693 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Cornelissen live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 7,803 people, or 1 in 2,164. In The Netherlands Cornelissen is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 29 percent live, Gelderland, where 28 percent live and North Holland, where 11 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent live and Belgium, where 14 percent live.

Cornelissen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cornelissen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cornelissen surname rose 3,767 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,880 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cornelissen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cornelissen last name are 15.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.2% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cornelissen earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 38.54% more than the national average, earning R 329,220 per year; in United States they earn 17.55% more than the national average, earning $50,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.59% more than the national average, earning $51,466 CAD per year.

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