Cornielius Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Botswana

Cornielius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cornielius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Cornielius (17) may also be a first name.

Cornielius Last Name Facts

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

Cornielius is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cornielius? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cornielius is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Cornielius live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 17 people.

The last name Cornielius is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent reside and Kogi, where 50 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Botswana, where 17 percent reside.

Cornielius Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cornielius has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cornielius surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Cornielius
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