Cornélis Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Cornélis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cornélis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1511:76,13712,057
France121:5,535,227269,324
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Cornelis (11,309) are calculated separately.

Cornélis (10) may also be a first name.

Cornélis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cornélis occurs most in Belgium. It may occur as: Cornelis. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cornélis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,286,243rd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cornélis live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

The surname Cornélis is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 76,137. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 82 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 16 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 7 percent are found and Switzerland, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Cornélis
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