Cornyn Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Cornyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cornyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2231:1,625,376108,854
Ireland411:114,8525,857
Northern Ireland261:70,9635,105
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1521:29,1442,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Cornyn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cornyn is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cornyn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 858,879th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Cornyn reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Cornyn is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 1,625,376. In The United States Cornyn is most frequent in: California, where 23 percent reside, New York, where 11 percent reside and Washington, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 13 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 8 percent reside.

Cornyn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cornyn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cornyn last name expanded 676 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cornyn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Cornyn last name is primarily Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cornyn surname are 18.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.09% being registered with the political party.

Cornyn earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.31% more than the national average, earning $44,144 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cournyn9210/
Cornynn920/
Cornen83487/
Curnyn83334/
Cornin83185/
Cornén835/
Kornyn834/
Corning772,216/
Kornyon7710/
Kornyna776/
Cornina775/
Cornien771/
Chornin771/
Cornisn771/
Corneen770/
Cornnin770/
Cournen770/
Cornion770/
Courneen7184/
Cornentt712/
Cuornion710/
Cornning710/
Carnin67166/
Zornin67162/
Curnin67137/
Kornen6789/
Kornin6775/
Curnen6743/
Kurnyn6714/
Zurnyn675/
Carnen675/
Qornen673/
Karnyn672/

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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 Cornyn
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