Kornelius Surname

185,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kornelius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kornelius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1,3671:1,763253
Indonesia3301:400,75533,989
Germany2291:351,55234,059
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Poland241:1,583,69889,279
Denmark161:352,79524,706
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
England11:55,718,059489,080
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kornelius (10,286) may also be a first name.

Kornelius Last Name Facts

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

Kornelius (Georgian: კორნელიუს, Marathi: कोनिलयुस, Oriya: କେର୍ଲିୟୁସ, Russian: Корнелиус) occurs most in Namibia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kornelius.

How Common Is The Last Name Kornelius? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 185,255th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,185,116 people. The last name Kornelius is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Kornelius live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kornelius is also the 60,111th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 10,286 people.

The last name Kornelius is most common in Namibia, where it is carried by 1,367 people, or 1 in 1,763. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Ohangwena Region, where 25 percent reside, Omusati Region, where 20 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 14 percent reside. Besides Namibia Kornelius occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and Germany, where 10 percent reside.

Kornelius Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kornelius has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kornelius Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kornelius earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 31.2% more than the national average, earning R 311,784 per year; in United States they earn 26.42% less than the national average, earning $31,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.14% less than the national average, earning $45,637 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kornelius Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kornelius in the Georgian language
კორნელიუსkornelius-
Kornelius in the Marathi language
कोनिलयुसkonilayusa-
Kornelius in the Oriya language
କେର୍ଲିୟୁସkerliyusa75
େକାରନିଲିୟୁସekaraniliyusa25
Kornelius in the Russian language
Корнелиусkornelius-

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Footnotes

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