How Many People Have the Last Name Cornell?
people had the surname Cornell in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 13,680 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+498 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Cornell (88.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 5.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Cornell ranks #1,242. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 90.9% to 88.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Cornell grew from 21,060 people in 2000 to 21,558 in 2010 (up 2.4%), and its rank fell from #1,566 to #1,672. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 7.81 to 7.31 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 21,060 | 21,558 |
| Rank | #1,566 | #1,672 |
| Per 100,000 people | 7.81 | 7.31 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Cornell
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Cornell: C654
👤 Cornell as a First Name
Cornell is a first name too: about 8,489 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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